Corn Growers’ and Suppliers’ Voices Heard at VeraSun Bankruptcy 

National Corn Growers Association

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court presiding over the VeraSun Energy Corporation case recently considered concerns of corn growers and suppliers. ...

Though Corn Prices are Down, Food Processors are Keeping Your Grocery Prices Up 

As families prepare to gather for their annual Thanksgiving dinner, the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) cautioned that despite Consumer Price Index data indicating lower prices for virtually all consumer items...

VeraSun Bankruptcy Raises Concerns 

By Kent Thiesse

VeraSun Energy Corporation, based out of Sioux Falls, SD, and 24 subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 31, 2008. VeraSun operates 17 ethanol plants in eight ...

VeraSun Reports Possible Buyer  

By Richard Brock

Bankrupt U.S. ethanol maker VeraSun Energy Corp. late on Monday said it recently received a “non-binding indication of interest” from an unidentified third party to acquire substantially all of...

NCGA Responds to Newest Ethanol Attack 

Source: National Corn Growers Association

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) responded strongly to ethanol critics who launched another wave of attacks on corn and ethanol. ...

Ethanol Saves $1 Billion 

With the economy on shaky ground, there is some good news to report at the pump: Ethanol will save Americans more than $1 billion this year. With ethanol...

Four New Ethanol Plants in Southeast 

East Coast Ethanol, LLC, which plans to build four corn-based fuel ethanol plants, announces that it will construct plants in Northampton County, NC;...

What to do with WDG 

By Larry Stalcup

Supplying 50% of a feedyard's corn needs, wet distillers' grains with solubles (WDG) are working well with many northern feeding operations. But what...

USDA-DOE Report Affirming Potential Of Mid-Range Ethanol Blends 

Source: American Coalition for Ethanol

The USDA and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency plan detailing their collaborative efforts to accelerate the development of...

Agribusiness Forms Biofuels Lobbying Group 

COMPILED BY GREG LAMP

Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, John Deere, DuPont and the Renewable Fuels Association formed a new biofuels lobbying group called the Alliance for...