Happy Thanksgiving; Biofuels Buzz November 2018

LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL VISITS CENTRAL MINNESOTA RENEWABLES

Seventeen students from Little Falls High School visited the Central Minnesota Renewables (CMR) plant yesterday afternoon to learn more about Minnesota’s bio-based chemical industry.

During the tour, the students, from grades 9 to 12, learned about the various processes of acetone and butanol production at CMR, which is produced from Minnesota-grown corn. Read More

A NEW BEGINNING FOR MN'S ETHANOL INDUSTRY?

2019 is set to usher in a new political landscape in both St Paul and Washington, D.C. For us, it will be an opportunity to work with lawmakers who actually understand the dynamics in rural and urban communities and the role biofuels can play in solving a host of problems. Read More

BBE HIGH SCHOOL VISITS CVEC

Twenty students from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School's Dairy & Livestock Production, Ag Business Management and Small Gas Engine classes toured CVEC on Nov 16. Read More

SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TOURS HIGHWATER ETHANOL

Eighteen students from Springfield High School's Ag Science and Horticulture classes toured Highwater Ethanol on Nov 13 . Read More

MILACA HIGH SCHOOL TOURS CENTRAL MN RENEWABLES

Thirty students from Milaca High School toured the CMR plant on Nov 7 to gain a better understanding of clean Minnesota-produced renewable chemicals. Read More

BENSON HIGH SCHOOL TOURS CVEC

Twenty students from Benson High School's Ag Exploration Class toured CVEC on Nov 1. Read More

NEWS & BLOGS IN NOVEMBER

Toyota Bringing An Ethanol Hybrid Car To Market Toyota is looking at modifying its Prius hybrid to use higher blends of ethanol . Read More

Iowa Senator Expects Fewer Biofuel Waivers From Wheeler's EPA The EPA may issue fewer biofuel waivers to small refineries under Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler than it did under its previous leadership, Sen. Chuck Grassley said. Read More

USDA WASDE Maintains Forecast For Corn Use In Ethanol The forecast for ethanol and byproducts use is maintained at 5.65 billion bushels for the 2018/19 marketing year . Read More

Electricity and Biofuels Needed In Tandem To Meet Climate Goals, UN Report Says The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently pointed out that the pace of transition in the transport sector deemed necessary for a pathway includes more biofuels and electricity in transport’s energy mix. Read More

42 Million Gallons Of E15 And Counting In 2017, E15 sales in Minnesota reached an all-time high of 19.05 million gallons. But in just nine months of 2018, E15 sales in the state have already more than doubled to 42.97 million gallons. Read More

EIA Increases Ethanol Production Forecast For 2019 On a quarterly basis, the EIA predicts that ethanol production will average 1.05 million barrels per day during the third quarter of 2018, up from its October prediction of 1.04 million barrels per day for the quarter . Read More

Corn Growers Dispute Land Use Petition Claims The National Corn Growers Association notes that farmers planted fewer acres to corn in 2018 (89.1 million) than they did when the RFS was expanded in 2007 (93.5 million), refuting claims by some environmental groups. Read More

Sharing The Octane Advantage Of Ethanol With World Markets With one of the highest octane ratings of any fuel additive at 113 AKI (anti-knock index, which measures the fuel’s ability to resist knocking during combustion), ethanol provides economic benefits by boosting octane ratings of subgrade gasoline. Read More

RFA Pushes Back on API's E15 Push Pol l " API’s newest poll is so manipulative it can’t even be called a ‘push poll.’ It’s more like a ‘shove poll’ that bullies respondents into answering the questions exactly the way API wants them answered. These results are meaningless and do nothing to objectively represent consumer opinion on E15,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. Read More

Saudi Arabia Shows Need To End Addiction To Middle Eastern Oil Following the mysterious death of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Washington was hit with a stark reminder that America remains glaringly vulnerable to economic threats from the oil oligarchs of the world. Read More