Ethanol plant construction likely will change how corn moves in Iowa and throughout the country.
“It just changes everything,” Chris Hurt, a Purdue ag economist, says of the growing number of ethanol plants and their effects on agriculture.
Generally, the growth of the ethanol industry likely will reduce the amount of corn available for exports or livestock […]
Harvest BioFuels LLC of Dallas, Texas, plans to build three ethanol plants in north-central Iowa that could produce 300 million gallons of the fuel a year, the company announced Wednesday.
Construction of a plant near Galbraith in eastern Kossuth County is scheduled to begin in April and is expected to be completed by June 2008. Construction […]
Diversified Ethanol, A Division of Originally New York, Inc , has powered up its pilot plant, one piece at a time, successfully completing sectional testing.
Tanks, lines, bioreactors, pumps, columns, and motors have all been approved for use. New explosion-proof wiring has been added to the distillation section, and a new water treatment center has been […]
Meetings begin Thursday for people interested in investing in Charleston’s Diamond Ethanol plant, announced Green Lion Bio-Fuels, the bio-fuels developer.
Green Lion also has ethanol plants under way in Streator (Emerald Ethanol) and Beardstown (Prairie Breeze Ethanol).
The meetings will offer interested farmers, landlords and off-farm investors an opportunity to buy shares in the Diamond Ethanol plant. […]
Production of ethanol from corn may provide an alternative fuel source for Americans but it also may push up costs of cattle production.
Ethanol’s effect on feed prices was one of the topics discussed during the weekend meeting of the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association.
“As we move into ethanol production, which is very important to our row crop […]
From corn fields to Wall Street, enthusiasm for ethanol is at an all-time high. But not everyone is enthusiastic.
Demand for the corn-based fuel is driving up the cost of feed corn, making it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs.
“It’s hard to see where the future is, if corn keeps going up,” said Kerby […]
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. announced that it has signed a commitment letterproviding for up to $325 million of senior secured credit. The loan facility will include up to $300 million in a senior secured construction and term debt facility, which will be used to recapitalize the Company’s Madera California ethanol plant, to provide take-out […]
Delmarva Power and state officials are contemplating offshore wind power as a new electric provider in Delaware, the Delaware State News reported.
We know that the onshore wind resource is really pretty poor, we know that the offshore wind resource is really much better, said Phil Cherry, energy program administrator for the state Department of Natural […]
A new Cargill Inc. subsidiary announced plans Monday to build four ethanol plants in the Midwest, each with an annual capacity of 100 million gallons.
The plants will almost triple the ethanol production capacity Cargill directly owns, Cargill spokesman Bill Brady said. Combined with service agreements Cargill has with independently owned ethanol plants, they’ll give Cargill […]
Explosive growth in the ethanol industry is prompting many corn farmers to look for an alternative source for the alternative fuel.
One place they’re looking is in their fields after the corn harvest.
Scientists are developing ways to turn crop residues such as corn stover into ethanol, and demonstration plants could begin using such materials within the […]