Biofuels threaten cheap beer in Germany
Posted Apr 23rd 2007 12:02PM by Mike Magda
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Ethanol, Green Culture, Manufacturing/Plants, Legislation and Policy
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tortillas in Mexico, now beer in Germany will cost more as crop yields shift toward biofuel production. Brewers say they have no choice but to pass along the higher costs of barley, which has nearly doubled in price in a year. There was a poor harvest last year but many fields have been dedicated to biofuel production this year. Experts say the amount of land for barley is decreasing about five percent. With so much land going to biofuels, the beer makers want the government to stop offering subsidies.
[Source: AFP via servihoo.com]
Tags: barley biofuel, BarleyBiofuel, biodiesel beer, biodiesel germany, BiodieselBeer, BiodieselGermany, biofuel beer, biofuel germany, BiofuelBeer, BiofuelGermany
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1. First, US Ethanol production has no impact on Mexican tortilla prices.
Second, why not give the details. This article is about German farmers planting more rapeseed for biodiesel production rather than lower priced barley. The farmers contend that in the past, brewers had driven down the price of barley to the point where it was no longer profitable to grow.
Posted at 1:47PM on Apr 23rd 2007 by Jimmy