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The following story from Reuters is almost identical to the one from Khaleej Times, and includes this:

INTERVIEW-Largest EU biorefinery to come onstream H1 2009 | Markets | Reuters

Ensus, a start-up company which was acquired last year by two U.S. private equity funds, the Carlyle Group and Riverstone, has a contract to sell all the bioethanol produced in Wilton to oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) while Glencore will supply grain and take the animal feed, Hughes said.

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He said the animal feed, which is more suitable for cattle than pigs and chickens because of its high fibre content, should displace imported South American soymeal.

"That will reduce the pressure on deforestation," he said.



When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 05:30:26 AM EST
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High fibre content means most of the bran goes into the animal feed. Nothing wrong with that, but the protein content isn't going to rival that of the legume soy. Brewery residue is in fact used for animal feed, but it hasn't reduced soy use to any appreciable extent.

So the claim that they will reduce deforestation by replacing soy oilcake looks like greenwashing to me.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 06:09:09 AM EST
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I haven't found the story in any generalist UK newspaper via google news, which is what I was "digging around" for, so we don't really have a target for an LTE.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 06:14:51 AM EST
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An Op Ed, maybe ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 06:33:13 AM EST
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