• New US research revealed a different internal structure of corn than previously thought. These findings can help optimise how corn is converted into ethanol.

  • The world’s grain bins overfloweth — even after a third straight drought-ravaged wheat crop in Australia and a historically wet and delayed planting season in the U.S. Corn Belt that reduced corn and soybean output in 2019. Barring an unforeseen jolt in supply and/or demand, it’s going to stay that way for a while.

  • Farming techniques around for centuries are helping create biofuels that could play a part in decarbonizing transport  
  • When Benjamin Mbelenzi decided to try castor beans he – to his regret now – encouraged as many as 200 other farmers to follow his lead.