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In Other Media
Fri Nov 20, 2009 02:25 PM CST
Mead, Neb.-based E3 Biofuels LLC is scheduled to hit the auction block on Dec. 11, according to Ethanol Producer Magazine, and will be sold on an "as-is" basis. E3 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2007 and began seeking investors after the plant struggled to get off the ground because of mechanical problems.
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New North Study Finds Interest in Supplying Cellulosic Ethanol Feedstocks
Fri Nov 20, 2009 02:24 PM CST
A study conducted by New North, Inc. found that local farmers would be willing to supply feedstocks to a cellulosic ethanol plant near Niagara, Wis., according to Domestic Fuel, which would include primarily wood.
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Texas Rail Park to Open in 2010
Fri Nov 20, 2009 02:23 PM CST
Levelland, Texas, officials expect a rail park to open in less than a year, which is being built for the Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol plant, the Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Lubbock, Texas, said. City leaders and community members Thursday broke ground on the $8.9 million project that encompasses 300 acres on the eastern edge of the city and four miles of track.
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In Other Media
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:10 PM CST
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. of Bolingbrook, Ill., plans to build a 2.6-million-gallon-per-year demonstration-scale integrated biorefinery at Central Iowa Energy's biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, according to the Newton Daily News.
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Biorefinery Could be Coming to Newton, Iowa
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:10 PM CST
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. of Bolingbrook, Ill., plans to build a 2.6-million-gallon-per-year demonstration-scale integrated biorefinery at Central Iowa Energy's biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, according to the Newton Daily News.
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In Other Media
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:09 PM CST
Four snowplows were dispatched to clear wet distillers grain from the roadway after a truck left parts of its load on Interstate 94 west of Fargo, S.D., the Jamestown Sun reported. The wet distillers grain became slippery enough, according to responding highway patrol officers, that a minivan slid out of control and was hit by a car.
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Closed-Loop E3 BioFuels Nebraska Plant set for December Auction
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:09 PM CST
Mead, Neb.-based E3 Biofuels LLC is scheduled to hit the auction block on Dec. 11, according to Ethanol Producer Magazine, and will be sold on an "as-is" basis. E3 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2007 and began seeking investors after the plant struggled to get off the ground because of mechanical problems.
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Three Go to Hospital after Wet Spill Accidents
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:09 PM CST
Four snowplows were dispatched to clear wet distillers grain from the roadway after a truck left parts of its load on Interstate 94 west of Fargo, S.D., the Jamestown Sun reported. The wet distillers grain became slippery enough, according to responding highway patrol officers, that a minivan slid out of control and was hit by a car.
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In Other Media
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:08 PM CST
A two-year arrangement will allow ethanol production to resume at Tri-State Financial's North Country Ethanol plant in Rosholt, South Dakota, according to Biofuels News. The agreement between Tri-State and Tenaska BioFuels stipulates that TBF will purchase corn and natural gas, which Tri-State will use to produce ethanol and distillers grain.
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Tri-State Enters Ethanol Production Deal
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:08 PM CST
A two-year arrangement will allow ethanol production to resume at Tri-State Financial's North Country Ethanol plant in Rosholt, South Dakota, according to Biofuels News. The agreement between Tri-State and Tenaska BioFuels stipulates that TBF will purchase corn and natural gas, which Tri-State will use to produce ethanol and distillers grain.
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Corn Dust Bothers Elevator Neighbor
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:08 PM CST
A bumper crop is good news to farmers near Arlington, Ohio, but not necessarily for the residents of the village who have to deal with the dust from the Arlington grain elevator, the Findlay Courier reported on Thursday.
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Rain Dampens Crop Estimates
Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:07 PM CST
Heavy rains have damaged crops across the state of Mississippi, but cotton and peanut crops along the Gulf coast won't be a total wash out, Gulf Live.com reported on Thursday. Mike Howell, an area agronomist with the Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service, said the earlier-planted cotton crop was hurt by the wet and windy weather while the later-planted cotton is doing better.
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EERC to Start $7 Million Expansion for Hydrogen Research
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:53 PM CST
The University of North Dakota's Energy and Environmental Research Center is set to embark on a $7 million project to expand its hydrogen laboratory, according to the Grand Forks Herald in Grand Forks, N.D.
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Hero Biodiesel Plant Plans Expansion
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:52 PM CST
Erie, Pa.-based Hero BX recently received a $1.6 million grant to expand its multi-feedstock biodiesel production capacity by 10 million gallons, according to Biofuels International. The company expects to boost its production capacity from 45 million gallons to 55 million gallons per year.
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Bob Barker Donates $1 Million; Creates Endowed Professorship of Animal Rights
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:52 PM CST
Retired "Price is Right" host Bob Barker recently returned to his alma mater, Drury University, to give a $1 million gift for the establishment of the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professorship of Animal Rights, named in honor of Barker's late wife, The Drury Mirror reported.
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Dairy Groups Ask for Raw Milk Regulation
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:50 PM CST
Dairy industry groups that represent about 85 percent of the dairy industry called on the Senate this week to include regulations for raw milk in the pending food safety reform bill, Food Safety News reported.
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Dairy Leaders Weigh in on Federal Probe
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:49 PM CST
Some New York dairymen believe that a federal investigation into potential anti-competitive practice in the state's dairy industry won't do much to settle the milk-pricing problem, MPNNow reported. Spurred by U.S.
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Moisture Preventing Harvest
Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:48 PM CST
While farmers who planted dry beans, soybeans and sunflowers in the Dickinson, N.D., area are progressing in the harvest of these crops, farmers who planted corn have only made slight gains in harvest due to high moisture levels in the corn, KQCD-TV reported on Tuesday.
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Virginia Crop Outlook Muddied by Deluge
Tue Nov 17, 2009 03:15 PM CST
Heavy rains that fell in Virginia last week has caused damage to some of the state's crops but the extent of losses are still unknown, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Tuesday. Several crops were recently planted or still in the fields were damaged by the widespread, three-day rains including winter wheat, barley and soybeans, said Molly Payne Pugh, executive director of the Virginia Grain Producers Association.
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Dairy Industry: Decision Based Out of Necessity
Tue Nov 17, 2009 03:15 PM CST
The California Milk Advisory Board's new commercials that advertising California milk from California cows will be shot in New Zealand, WWLP News reported. While the ad campaign claims that "great milk comes from happy cows, happy cows come from California," some of the 10 new TV commercials will be filmed in Auckland.
