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DATAGRO MAKES DEEPEST CUT TO BRAZIL SUGARCANE CROP
SAO PAULO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Analysts Datagro made the deepest cuts yet to its estimate of the sugarcane crop in top grower Brazil, warning on Tuesday the outlook could worsen even further after a recent frost.
A series of downgrades to what was once expected to be a record crop helped propel global sugar prices back near their record highs last month. Datagro's estimate is the most pessimistic yet -- and the most recent, suggesting conditions may have deteriorated. Prices spiked earlier in the day.

FRENCH DUCK FAT PUTS GOURMET SPIN ON BIODIESEL
PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters Life!) - Duck fat has a rich history in French cuisine as the key ingredient in savoury cassoulets and confits, but now industrious farmers are turning the grease into biodiesel and biogas.
A farm cooperative based in St. Aquilin, a rural village in the southwestern region of the Dordogne, is powering a tractor and two other vehicles with biodiesel made from duck fat and hopes to convince others to do the same.

US ETHANOL OUTPUT HIGHER THIRD WEEK IN A ROW
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol production rose for a third straight week as profit margins remained attractive despite narrowing.
The Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday that U.S. ethanol production totaled 878,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the week ended July 29, up 4,000 bpd over the previous week.