The American Coalition for Ethanol convention got kicked off yesterday. I might have made it to the opening trade show reception except for United Airlines problems again. But I’m here now enjoying a very large media room. This morning the trade show was the first order of business before breakout sessions. We’ll have an opening general session this afternoon featuring …
Jay Leno Talks Biodiesel With Joe Jobe
Hello from the American Coalition for Ethanol convention in St. Paul, MN. Before I get into some ethanol coverage though I’ve got a biodiesel story for you. You might remember that I went out to Burbank earlier this year with Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board and Gene Hemphill, New Holland to visit Jay Leno’s Garage. While we were there Jay …
CHS Buys The DDG Business From CSC
Those DDG’s must have some value eh? CHS , a leading grains, food and energy company, and Commodity Specialists Company (CSC) have entered into a definitive purchase agreement for CHS to acquire the distillers dried grain (DDG) marketing business of CSC. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies and is scheduled to become effective in the …
The Next Agriblogging Destinations
The traveling agriblogger is going to take most of the next day and a half off before hitting the road again so you may not see much new from me until the end of the weekend. But then it’s off to new places. The first stop next week is Richland, MI for an event with Pfizer Animal Health titled, “Delivering …
New Driver For Team Ethanol
Since I’ve written about Jeff Simmons so many times here I’ve got to let you know that he’s been replaced as the driver of the Team Ethanol car. It’s a tough sport. The new driver is Ryan Hunter-Reay. I wish Jeff and his fiance, Stephanie all the best. So let’s all welcome new Team Ethanol car driver Ryan and hope …
Sunrise on POET Biorefining
This was the scene this morning as I made my way to Springfield, IL and the InfoAg Conference. This is the POET Biorefining in Laddonia, MO. The sun was just coming up. I’m sure that if I got out of the car I would have heard some roosters crowing nearby. It was a very peaceful scene and being set amid …
FEW Trade Show Tour
You can learn all about this week’s Fuel Ethanol Workshop trade show right here. Cindy’s getting into this YouTube thing finally. I did have to do some editing for her though. In the video she does a walking tour through the trade show with BBI International (conference organizer) president, Kathy Bryan. Cindy’s also got her pictures from the event in …
Dupont and Foss Helping Farmers and Ethanol Producers
Here’s more proof that our production of ethanol, especially using corn, is becoming a more and more efficient process. I find it amazing how much work is being done by so many companies that you never hear about in the mainstream media. Companies like Dupont/Pioneer and Foss North America are making some real strides in a very short time period. …
Ethanol Powering IndyCars and Choppers
After spending another week on the road at the world’s largest tailgate party of corn growers, the Iowa Corn Indy 250 you get a ZimmCast about ethanol. This week’s program starts out with an EPIC update from executive director, Tom Slunecka which we did in the media center at Iowa Speedway. Then you can hear what the Indycars sound like …
E85 Chopper by Orange County Chopper and IFB
This was a cool story out here at the Iowa Speedway today. They’re billing it as America’s first renewable energy chopper that runs on E85. It was unveiled today just before driver introductions by Iowa Farm Bureau. The bike was built in partnership between IFB and Orange County Choppers. They held a press conference prior to the public introduction so …