CAMELINA

Better a subsidy for camelina than corn and cane. Just kidding....

Grand Forks Herald: "A plant once called 'Gold of Pleasure' that flourished thousands of years ago in Europe could be a promising new crop - and source of energy - for farmers in the arid High Plains."

Progress

When you read this story, note the references to Florida Crystal and Fanjul. These are C&H owners and lend credence to the rumor that the Crockett operation will become an ethanol producer.

State: Crist mission: enlarge trade with Brazil###: "Crist mission: enlarge trade with Brazil"

CANE the TV Series

Personally, I hoped the series would closely follow the Fanjul family history. It is more interesting than any Hollywood script. (keitho in crockett)


Fanjul lawyers will not sue CBS … for now
Published Sat August 11, 2007 by Publisher in Hispanics.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(original title: Whew! It’s not about us, Fanjuls says of CBS’s Cane TV show)
By SUSAN SALISBURY Palm Beach Post

CANE

The new TV series CANE is about the sugar business, sugar cane, rum, Cuba, family dissension, a bit of the God-Father, political intrigue with ethanol mixed in. If you know a little about the present owners of C&H, one might think this will be based on that family. Tuesday night on CBS.

Domino Lives

Commission Grants Old Domino Sugar Plant in Brooklyn Landmark Status

It is good that these buildings will be recognized for their historic value. Sugar accumulated much of the wealth in New York in the 18th and 19th centuries.

American Sugar Expands

Little by little, American Sugar Refining gains more control over the American sweetner market.

Chr Hansen continues refocus activities with US sale: "The company's global refocusing strategy has involved a number of divestitures and investments in recent years. In 2006, Chr Hansen sold its specialty sweetener division to American Sugar Refining, saying that sweeteners were not within its core product areas. The transaction included the specialty sweetener product line of molasses, malt, rice syrup, oat extract, honey, and invert and fondant sugar, as well as production facilities in Louisiana and Illinois. "

Ethonol from Phillipeans

As ethonol demand grows it becomes profitable to increase sugarcane acerage in various parts of the world. Still in the longrun, the required investment in sugar mills, may eventually need to go dark or to process sugar again when a better source of ethonol is found. In the meantime


"Quezon City (1 September) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already validated a total of 60,250 hectares of new sugarcane areas that can produce a combined 274 million liters of bioethanol, which is more than enough to meet the requirement under the Biofuels Act on the blending of crop-based alternative fuels with gasoline by 2009. "

The Waterfront That Sugar Built

The Waterfront That Sugar Built

This article provides a good summary of sugar refining in New York. People like me, living in the shadow of the massive C & H Refinery, should read it with the knowledge that the C & H brand and the Domino brand are now owned by the same company.

The Havemeyer family began refining sugar in Manhattan in 1805. Many of the
firms that made up Brooklyn's industrial waterfront originated in Manhattan, and
moved across the river when they needed more and cheaper space. Frederick
Havemeyer and his brother William, the once and future mayor of New York City,
moved the family business to Williamsburg in 1857. The firm became Havemeyer
& Elder in 1863, when Frederick's son-in-law, Joseph Elder, joined. The firm
eventually passed to Frederick's son, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, who became, in
effect, the John D. Rockefeller of sugar, forming the Sugar Trust and becoming
the most powerful person in the global sugar trade. The plant on the
Williamsburg shore served as Henry's flagship. Before the federal government
broke up the Sugar Trust in 1922, New York City had refined as much as 70% of
the raw sugar in America.
Domino's closing in 2004 meant that 2005 was the
first year in 275 years that no sugar refinery operated within the present
boundaries of New York City.
With the trust, the Havemeyer & Elder name
disappeared. The company became American Sugar Refining in 1891, and registered
Domino as a trade name in 1902. In 1970, American Sugar became Amstar, then
Domino Sugar Corp. in 1988, and in 2001 American Sugar once again.

Cane Sugar Coke at Costco SF - San Francisco Bay Area - Chowhound

There was the day that Coke was a major customer of C and H Sugar.



Cane Sugar Coke at Costco SF - San Francisco Bay Area - Chowhound: "Cane Sugar Coke at Costco SF Yesterday, I bought a case of 24 glass bottles of Coke bottled in Mexico at the Costco at 10th and Harrison in SF. There was a sign posted with the Coke that said that it was made with pure cane sugar, not high fructose corn syrup. I haven't tried it yet, because I'm letting the bottles chill in the fridge. I'll report back when I taste it. --NancyB Permalink Reply Nancy Berry May 01, 2007 06:31PM "

GO BARRY!

ESPN - Washington Nationals vs. San Francisco Giants Preview, August 6 2007 - MLB

Despite not being a baseball fan, I am excited about Bonds breaking the homerun record.

Domestic Fuel » Archives » North Dakota Gets “e” for Ethanol

Domestic Fuel » Archives » North Dakota Gets “e” for Ethanol: "North Dakota Gets “e” for Ethanol "

Corn was never a real big crop in ND. Maybe they can find a way to convert alkali weeds to ethanol. Actually sugar beets can be used for this purpose too.

Green cane flames

Fire damages 40 acres of sugar cane: "WAIKAPU – An unscheduled fire Thursday night burned about 40 acres of sugar cane in a field along Kuihelani Highway near the Dunes at Maui Lani golf course, officials said.
Kahului Airport tower personnel contacted Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. at 6:45 p.m. with information that field 718 was on fire, according to HC&S harvesting Superintendent Mark Lopes."

This is one of the two plantations providing Hawaiian raw to C & H. It will be interesting to see the impact in Crockett.

"Processing unripened cane produces far less sugar for the same handling expense. Although plantation workers planned to salvage the cane, the premature harvest reduces the quality of the raw sugar, Howe said.
“The impact includes the danger to the community presented by arsons such as this and the disruption to HC&S’ carefully coordinated two-year-long schedule of planting, cultivating, ripening and harvesting the dozens of fields that cross the plantation,” she said.

Finally - Something Other Than Gasoline

Dow and Crystalsev Announce Plans to Make Polyethylene from Sugar Cane in Brazil:

There may be more hope than ever that we will get over the need to support sugar prices abd imports.

"The Dow Chemical Company, the world's largest producer of polyethylene, and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.The Dow Chemical Company, the world's largest producer of polyethylene, and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane."

Seeking Change

Since starting this blog, less and less have items of interest to the sugar refining process in Crockett have been posted. It may be because my interest is flagging (how about that). Its time to "fish or cut bait."

SUGAR SHIPS

Sugar ships come and go. Wonder if this is a Homeland Security issue? Or if it is a setup to ge the bunch of "lefties" populating Crockett? Read the article.

How About That

"The ethanol distillery unit of a sugar factory in Karnataka. case for reform "

Preservation Online: Today's News

This article covers nicely the possible loss of Zane Grey's place on Santa Catalina Island. If the fires don't get it, maybe a developer will preserve it.

Here We Go Again

: "Dry winter brings drought to Bay Area
By Dogen Hannah
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched:04/12/2007 06:24:23 AM PDT

Although spring storms still could douse California, the state's water suppliers and firefighters are bracing for the consequences of an unusually dry winter.
Drought conditions gripping much of the West have now spread to the Bay Area, National Drought Mitigation Center officials are expected to announce today.
'The situation is serious right now,' said climatologist Brian Fuchs of the Lincoln, Neb.-based center. 'We're starting to see potential problems, as far as voluntary water restrictions.'
The last drought to hit the Bay Area, and the rest of the state, began in 1988 and lasted four years. "

After the deluge

Do you think excess carbon caused this?

U.S. and Brazil Seek to Promote Ethanol in West - New York Times

U.S. and Brazil Seek to Promote Ethanol in West - New York Times: "WASHINGTON, March 2 — President Bush, hoping to reduce demand for oil in the Western Hemisphere, is preparing to finish an agreement with Brazil next week to promote the production and use of ethanol throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, according to administration officials."