Squeezing More Out of Corn
By Jerry W. Kram
January 01, 2008
Millers have been converting corn into valuable products for centuries, so when a new process comes around claiming to do it faster, cheaper and cleaner while yielding more ethanol and creating more valuable coproducts, it demands attention. Reed-Three Rivers Bio-Grain Inc. is implementing a process they say will do all that.
European Technology Companies Unite
By Jessica Ebert
January 01, 2008
Eight European firms have joined forces to market their technological wares to ethanol producers worldwide. Representatives of four Denmark-based companies held a symposium in Chicago to explain how their cutting-edge technologies reduce ethanol production costs, improve efficiencies and increase coproduct revenue.
Connecting Capitol Hill to the Midwest
By Jessica Sobolik
January 01, 2008
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is part of a growing group in Congress that is interested in and excited about the potential benefits of renewable fuels in the United States. Here, he shares some of his ideas and plans with EPM.
More Corn a Cause for Concern
January 01, 2008
The increase in U. S. corn acres planted in response to growing demand from the fuel, feed, food and export markets has raised concerns about water quality in watersheds and could lead to more stringent conservation practices.
The Future of the Ogallala Aquifer
By Anduin Kirkbride McElroy
January 01, 2008
The Ogallala aquifer irrigates some of the most important cropland for food and fuel. For years, it's been steadily depleting leaving some to wonder about the sustainability of tapping into it for increased corn irrigation and ethanol production.
Building the Biofuels Industry
By Craig A. Johnson
January 01, 2008
Wanzek Construction Inc. started in 1971 as a small firm headquartered in Leo and Janet Wanzek's home in Fargo, N.D. Today, the company has more than a thousand projects under its belt, employs 800 people and owns a fleet of 30 cranes.
DDGS Report
By By Sean Broderick, CHS Inc.
January 01, 2008
Export market demand continues to rise
Putting Water to the Test
By Bryan Sims
January 01, 2008
Water quality is equally as important as water quantity in choosing a site for an ethanol plant. EPM talks to water management and project development consultants about the importance of water testing.
Bringing in the Biomass
By Ron Kotrba
January 01, 2008
Nebraska twins invent the Residue Recovery System, a custom-made biomass collection system for combines that harvests and stores whole corncobs separately from the grain in a single pass through the field.
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