Ethanol News Video

Corn quality

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:59:00 +0000

Growing corn has been anything but easy this year A late spring delayed planting Now wet fields are delaying harvest Ag Reporter Sarah Gustin checks in on the quality of this year s corn crop It s December and much of this year s corn is stil in the field Steve Hepper Hubbard Feeds Manager We are going to have to see the corn dried down before it comes in to our feed plant A wetter and cooler than average October made it tough for corn to dry down in the fields Hubbard Feeds Manager Steve Hepper says moisture levels have been anywhere from 15 to 23 percent He says right now the elevator is not accpeting anything over 16 and a half percent Sarah Gustin KX News Lately the driveway has been sitting empty Hepper says he has only dumped 30 to 25 thousand bushels so far he is hoping to take on a few hundred thousand more before the season is over Steve Hepper Hubbard Feeds Manager Biggest reason why we don t take high moisture corn is we don t have a grain dryer system and then also for us to ship we have to be under 17 moisture to go to ethanol plants and also for the feed plant we have to be at a maximum of 13 5 moisture to go to our feed plants And wet corn isn t the only problem rising to the surface Steve Hepper Hubbard Feeds Manager Mold has not been a discount But the biggest problem that we are looking at is making sure that it doesn t have the mycotoxins in there to make their grain toxic to cattle or livestock Hepper says on the loads that have come in they have been seeing surface mold He says he has sent at least a half dozen samples to the lab all have come back negative for mycotoxins Steve Hepper Hubbard Feeds Manager It gets to the point where yes you do have to reject it with large amounts of mold Too much mold doesn t work well in feeds either so we have to be selective on the mold count and usuall when you see alot of mold it is light tet weight late corn and it s just not going to make grade even for ethanol plants Hepper says ethanol plants are worried about mycotoxins being passed through the distillers to livestock He says ethanol plants have been testing and they have been finding alot of negative on mycotoxins as well In Bismarck for KX News I am Sarah Gustin Hepper says so far test weights have been between 53 to 57 pounds

Ethanol Blend

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Is 10 percent in your tank enough or should there be more The Environmental Protection Agency was expected to rule this week on a petition to increase the limit of ethanol blends from ten to 15 percent EPA has now decided to post pone that decision till the middle of next year Jeff Zueger is the Manager for Blue Flint Ethanol in Underwood Zueger says he doesn t expect an increase from E10 to E15 to have an immediate effect on a production facility but he says it would help grow the market place for renewable fuels He says it could possibly allow for a potential 15 to 17 million more gallons to stay in the state instead of getting loaded on a rail car and moved Jeff Zueger General Manager I think it creates a home for those gallons because the market is in a blalnace where prudction keeps pace with demand we have a strong standard set infront of us for 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022 And we need to start to create avenues in the market for those fuels to flow into and this kinda does that So as you bring on cellulosic or additional ethanol there is a home for those gallons and a market for those gallons The EPA said that more testing was necessary But the agency did say that some of the initial results indicate that increasing the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline would be feasible for newer cars

Capitol worker kept King’s secret

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:06:10 +0000

Bruce King was same warm and outgoing person in private as he was in public a capitol employee who used to see the governor almost daily said Friday

Accidnet Near Casselton

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:08:00 +0000

ONE PERSON WAS LIFE FLIGHTED AND TWO WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITALS IN FARGO AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT NEAR CASSELTON ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF THE CASSELTON EXIT AROUND NOON MONDAY AUTHORITIES SAY A TRUCK HEADING EAST ON -29 FROM THE THERALDSON ETHANOL PLANT SPILLED FEED IT WAS CARRYING TWO CARS FOLLOWING THE TRUCK SWERVED BECAUSE OF THE SLIPPERY FEED AND CRASHED FOR ABOUT TWO MILES TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR AN HOUR AS SNOWPLOWS CLEARED THE INTERSTATE THE TRUCK WAS FINALLY STOPPED NEAR MAPLETON LEAKING FEED THE WHOLE WAY THE CONDITIONS OF THE THREE INJURED ARE NOT KNOWN THEIR NAMES AREN T RELEASED YET

Grillin’ Brats with FlameDisk

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:45:17 +0000

The ethanol-burning charcoal-replacing FlameDisk is here Made in where else Wisconsin the FlameDisk was created in a garage and is now marketed nationwide

Turning Trash into Gas

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:10:58 +0000

New Facility Showcases World s First Commercially Viable Flex-Ethanol Process With gas prices continually in flux interest in domestically produced bio-fuels like ethanol E85 is on the rise Today Coskata Inc a leading developer of alternative bio-fuels announced the successful start-up of its semi-commercial flex-ethanol facility Unlike other technologies and facilities that often rely on one primary source of feedstock the company s flex ethanol facility will be producing ethanol from numerous sources including wood biomass agricultural waste construction waste and even household garbage In addition their patented microorganisms and bioreactor designs will produce ethanol for the same as and in some cases less than the cost of producing a gallon of gasoline This new technology also reduces CO2 emissions up to 96 percent compared to gasoline Flex Fuel vehicles that can run on gas E85 or a combination of both are already available from Chevrolet Ford Dodge and GMC GM has built 5 million of these vehicles to date Produced for General Motors

National Youth Science day

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:43:00 +0000

A few pop bottles and a couple ballons is all it takes to start a party Add a few other ingredients and you ve got some fuel It s National Youth Science Day and National 4-H week To celebrate these Roosevelt 4th graders are adding a little fun to science class The students are conducting their own experiment attempting to make biofuel from 4 different materials Each bottle starts with yeast and water Sugar corn syrup switchgrass and wheat bran is added to each and a ballon is put on the top Then it s time to sit back and watch the ballons fill up Jackie Buckley Morton Co Ext Agent Lucas Geiger 4th grader ON CAMERA 4-H launched National Youth Science Day in 2008 to help meet its goal of engaging 1 million more young people in science engineering and technology by 2013

Murphy Oil Buys Ethanol Plant

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:42:57 +0000

Petroleum producer and refiner Murphy Oil is expanding into the biofuel business
The Arkansas based company purchased a corn-based ethanol plant in Hankinson North Dakota for 92 million

Watermelons into ethanol?

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:47 +0000

Watermelons into ethanol

Today’s Big Gainers: AGM, DFR, ALC

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:10:25 +0000

Farmer Mac AGM posted second quarter earnings of 2 dollars and 49 cents per share driven by financial derivatives gains and recoveries of previously recorded losses on loans to ethanol plants Excluding special items the company had core earnings of 46 cents per share down from 70 cents per share in the same quarter last year