Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Butamax Patent Number 8,178,328. The ’328 patent covers a highly efficient engineered pathway for producing isobutanol from recombinant microorganisms [...]
Kansas State University has updated FUELCOST, the irrigation fuel cost-analysis software program designed for agricultural producers who irrigate cropland. “Energy inputs are such a significant cost to producers and this tool can help them consider fuel [...]
Today, for the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved E15 (gasoline with 15 percent ethanol) as a registered fuel. This is one step closer to seeing low-cost, renewable E15 sold into the American [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has selected for funding 10 projects nationwide to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy consumption and implement renewable energy technologies. The funding will be made [...]
The latest results from the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab show that Case IH Steiger® tractors with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology have set new industry records for fuel-efficient power. The Steiger 600, Steiger 500, Steiger 450 [...]
Case IH is leading the industry in offering equipment with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology. More than 10,000 Steiger®, Magnum™ and Puma® tractors powered by Case IH SCR technology are already performing in farmers’ fields across [...]
Today’s diesel engines are much different than those produced 20, 10, or even five years ago. Tougher emissions standards and the prevalence of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel and biodiesel, mean these engines are better [...]
