RFA Ethanol Podcast

Cruising to Commodity Classic

Cindy Zimmerman

Registration is officially open for the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California and you better register soon because it will fill up fast. This will be the 15th annual Commodity Classic for soybean, corn, wheat and sorghum growers and their families, to be held March 4-6 right next to Disneyland. The theme for 2010 is “Cruising to Success.” Growers who …

Commodity Classic, Corn, sorghum, Soybean, Wheat

American Soybean Association Seeks Assistance for Farmers

Amanda Nolz

In a release by the American Soybean Association and published in the Delta Farm Press, the organization is hoping to assist farmers during this year’s difficult harvest. With floods, hurricanes, natural disasters and excessive rains, there are far too many fields these days with ruts in them as farmers try to harvest despite the moisture. My thoughts and prayers are …

Corn, Soybean

Harvest is Making Progress

Cindy Zimmerman

USDA reports that farmers took advantage of a dry week to get 17 percent of the corn out and 14 percent more soybeans harvested last week. The new crop progress report has the soybean harvest nearing average for this time of year at 89 percent, while corn remains about 35 percent behind normal at just 54 percent complete. North Dakota …

Audio, Corn, Farming, NCGA, USDA

One Pass Biomass From AGCO

Chuck Zimmerman

AGCO is one of the companies working on a prototype biomass harvest/transport system. At POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day they demonstrated a pulled behind baler system to harvest corn cobs and stover. Dean Morrell, Product Marketing Manager for Hay and Forage Harvesting, was on site and talked with me about their system. He says it’s a one pass system which …

Audio, Biofuels, Corn, Equipment, Ethanol, Technology

Biomass Harvesting From Case IH

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the companies exhibiting their developmental corn cob harvest/collection equipment at the POET Project LIBERTY Field Day was Case IH. Representing them again this year was Sam Acker, pictured sitting in their booth during the speeches. I spoke to him to find out what’s new with Case IH in this area this year. Sam says they’re demonstrating an Axial-Flow …

Agribusiness, Audio, Biofuels, Corn, Energy, Equipment, Ethanol, Video

Harvesting Corn Cobs With Green Equipment

Chuck Zimmerman

There were 16 different equipment manufacturers involved with POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day. One of them was John Deere, represented by Dean Acheson, Manager, Solutions Development. Dean says that what they’re working on is completely customer based. He says they don’t want to be slowed down during harvest and they want to keep up a high level of productivity. The …

Agribusiness, Audio, Corn, Equipment, Ethanol, John Deere, Video

Providing Homegrown Fuel is Historic

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the stars on hand to address the crowd at POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day was former four-star General Wesley Clark. He spoke about the important role they would play in providing more homegrown fuel for the nation. “We are involved in something that is historic,” Clark said. “We are going to significantly reduce our dependence on foreign energy …

Audio, Biofuels, Corn, Ethanol

Cellulosic Ethanol Production Important To Rural America

Chuck Zimmerman

This is a load of corn cobs being unloaded after they were just harvested at the POET Project LIBERTY Field Day. We watched several different equipment manufacturers display their latest products to handle collecting the corn cobs for use in cellulosic ethanol production. I’ve got video clips of them in action which I’ll be posting in coming days. In the …

Audio, Corn, Ethanol