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COBANK JOINS MN BIOFUELS

National cooperative bank, CoBank, has joined MN Biofuels as a vendor member. A member of the Farm Credit System, CoBank provides financial services to 21 affiliated Farm Credit associations serving approximately 70,000 farmers, ranchers, agribusiness and other rural borrowers in all 50 states. Established in 1989, CoBank supports the breadth and depth of the agricultural industry, including the ethanol industry and the grain sectors. Read More

MN BIOFUELS NAMES HUTCHINSON CO-OP 2019 DISTINGUSHIED RETAILER; RELEASES 2019 ANNUAL REPORT We named Hutchinson Co-Op our 2019 Distinguished Retailer during the release of our 2019 Annual Report on Dec 13. Hutchinson Co-Op began offering E15 at the end of 2018. Today, E15 comprises nearly half of its fuel sales. Read More

NEWS & BLOGS IN DECEMBER

Klobuchar, Smith and Peterson Respond to 2020 RVO Final Rule The EPA's final RVO for 2020 has been met with criticism from the ethanol industry and its advocates including Minnesota's senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, and Rep. Collin Peterson. Read More Trump Rebuffs Corn Farmers With Status Quo on Biofuels The EPA released it's final RVOs for the 2020 RFS on Dec 19, requiring oil refiners to use 20.09 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2020, only a 0.85 percent increase over the 2019 requirement, in line with the highly criticized July and October proposals . Read More China Plans to Buy Ethanol, Count Hong Kong Trade in US Pledge As a part of the unofficial phase 1 trade deal between the US and China, Beijing plans to restart purchases of US ethanol by lifting or waiving tariffs. China imported about 200 million gallons of US ethanol in 2016 prior to the trade war. Read More October Shipments of US Ethanol Press Higher while DDGS Exports Slip US ethanol exports picked up in October, increasing 13 percent to 112.8 million gallons, bringing our total year-to-date ethanol exports to 1.22 billion gallons. Read More Hagedorn Writes EPA about Renewable Fuel Standard, Small Refinery Exemptions Minnesota's Rep. Jim Hagedorn wrote to the EPA to express his frustration and demand changes to the agency’s practice of granting biofuel blending waivers to large or unqualified oil refineries. Read More E15 sales in MN Surpasses 60 Million Gallons 2019 is set to be another record year for E15 sales in Minnesota with 64.38 million gallons sold as of Oct 31, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Read More USGC: Peruvian Team Braves Minnesota Cold to Learn About US DDGS Peruvian buyers and nutritionists traveled to Minnesota in November to gain a better understanding of the production, quality control and usage of US DDGS.  Read More Green Plains, Novozymes Partner on Protein Production Vendor Member, Novozymes, has announced an exclusive partnership with Green Plains for the production of high protein ingredients to be used in aquaculture, pet food, and other global protein markets. Read More COP25 – Ethanol Brings Welcome Contribution to Transport Climate Action COP25 brings opportunity for biofuel blended fuels to reduce transportation emissions. Ethanol is already fueling the equivalent of a hundred million cars worldwide, with further potential to displace up to a fifth of the world's gasoline demand. Read More Report: Thailand Could Benefit From Ethanol Imports Thailand's ethanol consumption is expected to increase by 6 percent over 2018 levels with current consumption in the country reaching 13.5 percent as a result of strong E20 sales. Read More 

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