Hart doubts that corn used in ethanol will breach 5 billion bushels next year, but it will be close. He expects ethanol plants to grind 4.9 billion to 4.95 billion bushels of corn in 2014.
The CEO of an ethanol plant in northwest Kansas says 2024 has been a challenging year. Derek Peine is with Western Plains Energy in Oakley. “For us in particular, we suffered another year of drought.
Corn growers and other supporters of the higher biofuel standard say it’s needed to force oil companies to improve infrastructure and deliver ethanol fuel blends above the current 10 percent mix ...
Area residents complain of air and noise pollution as well as odors emanating from the plant. The company, however, contends that it follows environmental regulations and produces valuable ethanol ...
“The outside of a Bluestem plant looks exactly as an ethanol plant. You have whole kernel corn coming in, you have product coming out along with other co-products. You have distillers dried ...