Farmdoc daily reports that Brazil’s rapid expansion of corn-based ethanol production is transforming the country’s domestic corn market, sharply boosting internal consumption and potentially curbing ...

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was born. It’s hard on both, so until 35 years ago it never caught on much, at ...

Petrobras PBR, Brazil’s state-run integrated oil and gas company, is signaling a bold shift in its ethanol strategy. According to Reuters, the company is increasingly favoring corn-based ethanol over ...

Ethanol is an alcohol derived primarily from corn in the United States. Ethanol is blended with gasoline at a ratio averaging 10% ethanol and 90% petroleum-based gasoline. Ethanol production has ...

Growing demand for ethanol is driving up corn prices to the highest levels in a decade. Corn's surge is also pulling up the price of other prominent crops, creating some tough decisions for area ...

Opponents of federal mandates to use corn-based ethanol in automobiles are stepping up their criticism after an international report released Wednesday indicated that the renewable-fuel rules took an ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An agricultural economist and founder of a Washington-based environmental think tank said Thursday that ethanol production will consume much more corn than the government has ...

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was born. It’s hard on both, so until 35 years ago it never caught on much, at ...