Intellago Grain Software A Success for Didion
Didion Milling based in Cambria, Wisconsin has successfully worked with Christianson & Associates (C&A) to install Intellago Grain Software at their processing plant. Didion Milling is both a producer of food-grade milling products as well as ethanol. The software will provide Didion with a single, fully integrated grain and financial management tool. Specific benefits of the grain module, that is …
2010 Fuel Scorecard Released
The Truman National Security Project has released its 2010 Fuel Scorecard and ethanol scores near the top of the list as viable fuel options for the future. Based on several factors that affect America’s security including instability of supplier country, opposition to American values, climate disruption, possibility of threat to supply chain, and cost spike volatility, ethanol scores as the …
Propel Sends Out a Thank You to Its Customers
Propel is taking a leadership role in California and Washington in bringing biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel to drivers. Earlier this month, Propel opened a new E85 station in Oakland, California, just one of nearly two dozen planned for the Bay area. Also this summer, Propel received an $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and the …
Didion Ethanol Hosts Energy Expo
Didion Ethanol hosted a successful Green Energy Expo last week with more than 800 attendees from around the country in attendance. The participants were treated to a plant tour and one of the biggest draws was the plants new zero water discharge system that was installed this past Spring. According to Didion’s plant manager, Adam Lemmenes, the new water system …
Is Iowa Putting the Cart Before the Horse?
Is the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) putting the cart before the horse in their proposition to add greenhouse gas emission amendments to the Iowa Administrative Code? The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) think so. The two organizations have joined forces to urge the EPC to delay consideration on decisions that would increase the regulatory …
Ethanol Report on Export Exchange
This edition of “The Ethanol Report” features comments from Renewable Fuels Association (RA) President and CEO Bob Dinneen and U.S. Grains Council (USGC) CEO and president Tom Dorr about promoting exports of the ethanol co-product distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). The two organizations are working together on the upcoming “Export Exchange” conference that will focus on increasing U.S. exports …
Farmers Dealing With VeraSun Payment Letters
Hundreds of farmers have been showing up at meetings held around the Corn Belt trying to find out what they should do about letters received saying they owe money for grain delivered two years ago to a bankrupt ethanol company. VeraSun officially filed bankruptcy nearly two years ago. Just a few months prior to filing, the company reported a 500 …
Renewable Fuels Awareness Month in Nebraska
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman visited Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Wednesday to proclaim September as Renewable Fuels Awareness Month in Nebraska. Joined by representatives of the Nebraska Corn and Soybean Boards, Gov. Heineman said that renewable fuels are a critical component of energy independence and energy security, while providing economic growth and vitality in the state. “Nebraska is one …
Ethanol Industry E15 Vehicle Study Detailed
A new study released this week makes a good case for allowing up to 15 percent ethanol in all vehicles, to avoid having different standards for older cars. The ethanol industry is hoping it will help the Environmental Protection Agency rule favorably on the request to grant a waiver allowing E15 that was requested nearly two years ago. “Indications are …