A Sad Day For Team Ethanol

Chuck Zimmerman

Steve King & ParentsI just received some very sad news regarding Steve King, King Racing. Steve was involved in a bad accident last evening at the 46th Annual Knoxville Nationals. I’ll just use the statement on the website:

Steve passed away at 15:32 today. He loved you all. Thank you so much for your support. Please keep our family in your prayers.

Steve is pictured to the right of his parents, Danny & Naomi. I met them prior to this year’s Indianapolis 500 on Ethanol Day. Steve was a tireless supporter of the ethanol industry and was a part of Team Ethanol. You can hear his passion for racing and this renewable fuel in the interview I did with him there.

Our hearts go out to Steve’s family. He and they are in our prayers and always will be.

Ethanol, Racing

ACE is the Place For Governors

Chuck Zimmerman

The American Coalition for Ethanol meeting in Kansas City featured the governors of rival states, one Democrat and one Republican, who both agree on the importance of ethanol to the economy. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius told the record crowd attending the 19th annual ACE conference that to be successful, “our commitment to biofuels has to be real. It can’t just …

Audio, Ethanol, Government

So Many Plants, So Little Time

Cindy Zimmerman

Here’s a brief run-down of some recent plant related announcements: Indiana – Premiere Ethanol and the Broin Companies broke ground August 3 on a state-of-the-art 60 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery near Portland, Indiana. When fully complete, Premiere Ethanol will use 21 million bushels of corn and produce 356,000 tons of Dakota Gold Enhanced Nutrition Distillers Products™. New York …

Ethanol

Fast Action

Cindy Zimmerman

Media stories about Badger State Ethanol in Wisconsin being badgered by state officials about selling E85 too cheap prompted Governor Jim Doyle to declare that ethanol is not subject to the state’s 1930s-era minimum markup law which requires wholesalers to charge gas stations at least three percent more than they paid.

Ethanol, Government

Off to ACE

Cindy Zimmerman

Domestic Fuel will be in Kansas City on Wednesday for the American Coalition for Ethanol 19th Ethanol Conference & Trade Show. This event is SOLD OUT with 1500 participants – no on-site registrations will be accepted. So, if you have not registered and want to know what’s happening there, you can find out here on DF. We expect to bring …

Ethanol

USDA Energy Paper Released

Cindy Zimmerman

During a visit to Sioux City, Iowa on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released the latest farm bill forum theme paper – this one on USDA’s role in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. “During the Farm Bill Forums, we heard real enthusiasm from producers about the potential for agriculture to unleash new sources of energy and income,” said Johanns. …

Energy, Ethanol, Government

Happy Anniversary Energy Bill!

Cindy Zimmerman

It was one year ago today that President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the signing ceremony, the president said the bill had three main objectives – energy conservation; making more productive use of domestic energy resources, including coal, and nuclear power, and oil and natural …

Energy, Ethanol, Government

FFA Today to Feature Biofuels

Cindy Zimmerman

This month’s FFA Today! show on RFD-TV will present a special episode featuring bio and renewable fuels initiatives in the United States. The show will feature an interview with Agriculture Undersecretary Thomas Dorr in Washington, D.C., and a segment on “BioTown, USA” in Indiana. Along the way, you’ll see how FFA is riding the leading edge of the renewable fuels …

Biodiesel, Ethanol

NCGA Participates in Biofuels Workshop

Cindy Zimmerman

The National Corn Growers Association participated in a two-day workshop in Washington, D.C. last week aimed at setting initiatives to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported oil by increasing the usage of renewable fuels like ethanol in the transportation sector, according to an NCGA release. The workshop was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and …

Cellulosic, Ethanol