Team Ethanol is at it again. This time at the Kansas Speedway. The Roadrunner Turbo Indy 300 is underway and, prior to the race, Team Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay talked about wanting to make this “home” race a top finishing race. Team Ethanol is hoping to make a big impact on and off the track though. The Ethanol Promotion and …
The Other Dr. Lyons Talks Energy
Dr. Mark Lyons is the son of Alltech founder and President, Dr. Pearse Lyons. At the press conference yesterday he kept getting referred to as the “other Dr. Lyons.” I think he’s used to it. In fact, Mark says his sister has a PhD too. Mark has been working on international projects for the company and will be heading up …
Alltech Receives DOE Grant For Ethanol Plant
The Alltech Symposium agriblogger has arrived in Lexington, KY, still just a little bit NAMA lagged (kind of like jet lag). I’m in the Radisson right across the street from the convention center. There’s going to be lots of news from here and on the Alltech Symposium Blog. But we’ve already got news. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded grants …
NAMA Wrap-up
In the words of NAMA Executive Director Jenny Pickett (pictured right), organizers of this year’s “Leading the Charge” Agri-marketing Conference “knocked it out of the park.” This was Jenny’s first conference as the Executive Director, though she has been a part of NAMA for a long time. Jenny stepped up as executive director last year when the previous director, Eldon …
100 Percent Ethanol Fueling Indy Again
Team Ethanol is off to its best start of the Indy Car Series yet, finishing 7th in Saturday’s opening race in Homestead. I couldn’t be there this year but I’m planning on covering the Indy 500 as well as the Iowa and Mid-Ohio races so I’ll still get to feel the roar of these high performance engines as well as …
Meet The New EPIC Executive Director
The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has a new executive director. She’s Toni Nuernberg, who comes to EPIC from ACA International in Minneapolis where she worked for 29 years, the last 12 as chief operating officer of ACA International Holding Company Inc. and its for-profit subsidiaries. Nuernberg says when she decided to make a career move she was looking …
Let’s Get Corn Fed With Shannon Brown
This Saturday night at the big Commodity Classic evening of entertainment at the Grand Ole Opry one of the performers will be Shannon Brown. I saw Shannon earlier this week at the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando. The song that wowed them there will also do so here I’m sure. It’s Corn Fed and in case you haven’t heard it …
Tom Dorr at National Ethanol Conference
Once again I got to hear our Undersecretary for Rural Development, Tom Dorr. He was first up on the program here this morning at the National Ethanol Conference to speak about the farm bill and focus on renewable fuel policies and provisions. He says the ethanol industry is going through some growing pains, or put another way, transitional challenges. He’s …
Shannon Brown is Corn Fed
I don’t know about you but I love being corn fed and I love Shannon Brown’s song. I got to meet her this afternoon here at the National Ethanol Conference and she and her band performed an awesome show. If you’re going to Commodity Classic you will not want to miss seeing her and the other stars who will be …
Bob Dinneen Says the Ethanol Industry is Sound
The Reverend of Renewable Fuels got up and preached a powerful sermon today on the state of the ethanol industry. Bob Dinneen, President of the Renewable Fuels Association, gave his annual state of the industry speech this morning. He was also presented with a plaque in appreciation of his 20 year anniversary of leading the organization from RFA Chairman, Chris …