Poultry feeding trials will be underway this month on distillers grains produced using a enzyme being introduced by Cologne, Germany-based Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH. Its BluZy-D enzyme substantially improves the nutritional value of DDGS.
There are two ethanol firsts at the new Tampa Gateway Rail terminal in Florida. The Port of Tampa now has the nation's first ethanol unit train-to-refined productions pipeline and Florida's first on-dock unit train intermodal container capability.
The California Advanced Energy Coalition has proposed immediate action by the California Air Resources Board to adjust its fuel regulations to accommodate E15. By allowing E15 sales, CARB could reduce California gasoline prices immediately.
General Motors and Ford Motor Co. have made it official. New models vehicles are ready to run on E15. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the move is an important step forward for the E15, and has extended a thank you to both companies.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its most recent monthly statistics on the ethanol industry on Sept. 26. The report is part of the EIA's Monthly Energy Review. The data shows a slight increase in production over last year.
As predicted, the Sept. 15 expiration of EPA's summer volatility restriction has resulted in an increase in E15 offerings. This week five stations in Kansas begin offer E15, bringing the total in the state to seven.
December futures prices for corn have declined to $7.40 a bushel from a high of $8.38 on Aug. 21. Distillers grains cash prices, which track corn prices, are down too, from an average of $299 per ton during the week of Aug. 10, to $286 on Sept. 14.
Sept. 15 marks the expiration date for the U.S. EPA's summer volatility restriction for gasolines. The EPA's E15 approval included a summer vapor pressure restriction to 9 psi, creating the need for a specialty blendstock unavailable in many areas.
The USDA dropped its estimate for the national average corn yield by 0.6 bushels to 122.8 bushels per acre on Aug. 12, a figure on the higher side of some trade estimates that projected yields dropping below 120 bushels per acre.
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