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The article offers information on the growth in the anaerobic digestion industry in Great Britain as of May 2015. According a report from National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), the lack in future support and the effect of forthcoming feedstock sustainability rules will affect the anaerobic digestion plants. It discussed the views of NNFCC's Lucy Hopwood, on the developments of anaerobic digesters on farms and food manufacturing sites, and feedstock sustainability requirements.

The article discusses the strong demand for energy crops such as maize and grass silage which resulted to price increases. Topics discussed include experts' suggestion for growers to look beyond price a tonne when making a decision whether to sign up to feedstock supply agreements for the biogas sector and other factors to consider including contract options and their terms and conditions and implications for the farm business.

The article reports on the vote to be made by the European Parliament on September 10, 2013 on biofuels policy, which is a vote that will determine the contribution from feedstocks to conform the Renewable Energy Directive.

The article discusses the European Union (EU) Environment Committee's vote on July 11, 2013 to limit biofuels production from certain feedstock. It mentions the cap to be imposed on the contributions of first-generation biofuels such as those from rapeseed, sugar and cereals. A vote was also made regarding mandatory reporting of indirect land use change (ILUC) factors to account for biofuel crop production's greenhouse gas emissions.

The article focuses on the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED) governing the sustainability of biofuels which was implemented in Great Britain in 2012. It says under this complex regulation, biofuel manufacturers are being required to show that the feedstocks they use are in compliance with minimum land sustainability standards and give at least a 35% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions saving over their fossil fuel equivalent. It tackles some concern generated by this GHG saving requirement.

The article offers information on two projects in Great Britain which found that triticale provides additional benefits over wheat for the production of biofuel. It says that the projects examined the potential for triticale to be one of the most popular used feedstock for bioethanol development. According to the author, the outcomes of the projects confirmed the nitrogen applications of the chemical.

The article reports on the claims by Frontier Agriculture that biofuel crops will not lose out as the drive to increase food production gathers momentum. Speaking at the show, industrial crops director Richard Whitlock said only a fraction of productive land was used for biofuel feedstocks and there was plenty of scope to increase production without compromising food security. He said that the British government's Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation was robust and by 2010 5 percent of road vehicle fuel would be from renewable sources.

The article reveals that farmers in developing countries could benefit from the growing global demand for biofuel feedstocks by substituting unprofitable cash crops like groundnuts with jatropha. The plant is already well known to farmers in Gambia, West Africa, as an effective hedging or "live fence" plant that is relatively stockproof. A visit by specialists looking at the potential of jatropha has recommended that field trials commence and market research is carried out as a significant cash crop for some of the world's poorest farmers.

The author reflects on the biofuel industry in Great Britain. He states that while many people were aware of the role of sustainable biofuels, they were either unaware of activity in Great Britain of they felt biofuels present few opportunities for British farmers. He argues that looking at some of the problems of feedstock security facing producers in the U.S. and Europe, one can see the potential effects of a lack of feedstock on the biofuels industry in Great Britain.

The article proposes that British farmers must seize the chance to grow crops for biofuel or risk seeing the industry exported. If growers wait to see what happens, projects needing secure feedstock-supply contracts to under-pin loans to build production plants will not go ahead, warns Ian Waller, an independent adviser and director of NorthEast Biofuels. This will help ensure proposed projects like Green Spirit Fuels' bioethanol plant at Henstridge in Somerset, England.

Reports on the effect of the passage of the Energy Bill on the British biofuels market in 2004. Requirement for oil companies to source a proportion of fuels sales from renewables in the form of biofuels; Persuasion of the government to implement the legislation so that feedstocks will be sourced predominantly from farms.