Ride Along With The Cob Harvest

Chuck Zimmerman

I wasn’t the only one shooting video at the POET Project LIBERTY Field Day in Emmetsburg, IA. POET was too for POET TV. POET does a great job of using new media channels to communicate their activities. You can also learn more about the event by seeing their photos online and following along with their Project LIBERTY Blog. In this …

biofuels, biomass, corn, Equipment, Ethanol, POET, Video

John Deere Developing Corn Cob Harvest Options

Chuck Zimmerman

There were 16 different equipment manufacturers involved with POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day. One of them was John Deere, represented by Dean Acheson, Manager, Solutions Development. Dean says that what they’re working on is completely customer based. He says they don’t want to be slowed down during harvest and they want to keep up a high level of productivity. The …

Agribusiness, Audio, biomass, Cellulosic, corn, Equipment, Ethanol, John Deere, POET, Video

Dresser Wayne Promotes Eco-Fuel Dispensers

Joanna Schroeder

“It’s what we do. We sell blenders to everyone,” said Scott Negley, director of alternative energy products at Dresser Wayne. Blender pumps are gaining momentum across the country. They allow a retailer the flexibility to dispense various forms of gasoline and biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. Negley told me during the NACS show that 80 percent of the dispensers …

Biodiesel, blends, Equipment, Ethanol

Cargill Buys Nebraska Ethanol Assets at Auction

Cindy Zimmerman

Agribusiness giant Cargill acquired the rights to the land and grain handling assets of the incomplete Altra Nebraska ethanol facility in Carleton, Nebraska during an auction conducted by Maas Companies this week. Cargill will take possession of the assets effective November 4. Construction on the Altra facility began in 2006 and was approximately half complete in November 2007 when work …

Biodiesel, Equipment, Ethanol, Ethanol News

E85 Infrastructure Incentives Announced in Michigan

In total, the CEC was awarded $145,000 from the DeLEG and $20,000 from the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan (CMPM) to offer station owners the opportunity to sell E85. “I’m excited to work with the CEC to help bolster Michigan’s ethanol industry and increase the number of E85 pumps available to consumers,” said Pollok-Newsom. “Ethanol reduces our country’s need for …

E85, Equipment, Ethanol, Facilities, Government