It should come as no surprise that demand for ethanol is setting records this year. The Renewable Fuels Association just announced the lastest available statistics to confirm that. According to RFA, May ethanol demand set a record at 349,000 barrels per day. That’s well ahead of May’s production figure of 293,000 barrels per day. Ethanol imports were down in May …
Two More Nebraska Plants Announced
At the groundbreaking ceremony for Midwest Ethanol’s O’Neill, Nebraska plant on Friday, company officials announced two more plant locations for the state. (Picture courtesy of Kurt Bravo). The specific site locations were identified as Furnas County Ethanol, Inc. in Arapahoe, which is 30 miles southwest of Holdrege, and Dawson County Ethanol, Inc. located in Elm Creek, near Kearney, Nebraska. Each …
Fill Up and Feel Good on Pump Promotion
The latest “Fill Up, Feel Good” podcast from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is about the latest pump promotion done in connection with IndyCar Series races. The podcast features comments from Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm, IndyCar® Series drivers Vitor Meira and Jeff Simmons, Michigan Ethanol general manager Tony Simpson, Saginaw county Michigan farmer Don Morse and customer Alicia Hope …
Bunge Jumping on Iowa Ethanol Plant Deal
Bunge North America and Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy have announced plans to build and operate a 110-million gallon per year ethanol production facility near Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to a company release. Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC (SIRE) is an entity primarily owned by farmers in Southwest Iowa that was formed in 2005 for the purpose of developing and operating …
Feed vs Fuel
The food versus fuel debate is more of a feed versus fuel debate when it comes to corn and ethanol, since about half of our corn is fed to livestock. So, what does the livestock sector think about it? Some are making a big deal about a recent article in Pork Magazine in which Gary Allee, University of Missouri swine …
Indy Car Ethanol Pump Promo
The IRL Firestone 400 was delayed by two and a half hours Sunday, but at the finish line it was Helio Castroneves who finally brought it home after dueling it out the better part of the race with Vitor Meira, who finished second. Team Ethanol driver Jeff Simmons came in 10th to post his fourth consecutive top ten finish. Simmons …
Promotional Pumping
The action at one of the pump promotions coordinated by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council can be pretty fast paced at times. To give you a feel for it I shot a short video clip at last week’s Huron Fuel Depot promotion in Ypsilanti, MI.
ADM on Food vs. Fuel
Archer Daniels Midland, better known as simply ADM, is the single largest ethanol producer in the nation and a significant biodiesel producer as well – in addition to producing feed and food products from both corn and soybeans. According to the company’s international website, they are one of the world’s largest agricultural processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. We …
Ag Truckers Support Domestic Fuels
The Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of the American Trucking Associations has formed a Renewable Fuels Task Force to examine issues associated with renewable fuels and their importance to the commercial agricultural trucking industry in response to congressional action supporting the goal of establishing a national renewable energy goal whereby 25 percent of energy consumed in the United States must …
Michigan Governor Pumps Ethanol
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm was out pumping for ethanol Thursday at a Marathon gas station in Ypsilanti. Granholm joined Indy Racing League drivers Buddy Rice, Vitor Meira, Jeff Simmons and Kosuke Matsuura, arriving for the event with Simmons in a special 2-seater IRL show car. The event, sponsored by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, was the latest in a …