March 23, 2007
A Partnership for Answers and Social Benefit
Richard Herman, Chancellor – University of Illinois; Bob Malone, BP America
When BP announced it had given a half-a-billion dollar grant to U-C Berkley and the University of Illinois to research biofuels the money brought with it a social conscience. Todd Gleason has this view from the Land Grant in the Land of Lincoln.
March 23, 2007
Ethanol May Push Illinois Corn Exports Higher
Darrel Good, Extension Ag Economist – University of Illinois
Iowa’s ethanol industry may push more Illinois corn into the export market. Todd Gleason has more on the shifting supply chain.
March 23, 2007
Economic Impact of Agriculture
Mawana Sugars Ltd – Meerut District, India
The first two weeks of March reporter Todd Gleason traveled through north central India. He spent time in the nation’s capitol, New Delhi, and on the road to the birthplace of the green revolution, along with a visit to the Taj Mahal. We’ll see some of those places in the future, but today we’ll visit sugarcane that is having a real and positive economic impact.
March 23, 2007
BNSF Railway Expanding Hopper Car Fleet for Distant Ethanol Production
Anne Erikson, Director Feed Grains – BNSF
BNSF Railway is investing heavily in agriculture. Todd Gleason files this report on the type of infrastructure upgrades the company will make in the next two years and how it hopes to capitalize on the ethanol boom.
