Conestoga Energy halts ethanol production at Texas facility
By Conestoga Energy Holdings LLC
November 08, 2018
Diamond Nutrition, a subsidiary of Diamond Ethanol, will continue production of Diamond Energy Cubes at the Levelland facility.
Conestoga Energy Holdings LLC announced that it is temporarily halting production at Diamond Ethanol LLC located at Levelland, Texas. Diamond Nutrition, a subsidiary of Diamond Ethanol, will continue production of Diamond Energy Cubes at the plant.
On Nov. 8, the USDA released the November edition of its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, forecasting corn production for 2018-'19 at 14.626 billion bushels, down 152 million bushels from October on a reduced yield forecast.
Green Plains Inc. has released third quarter financial results, reporting a $12.5 million net loss. The company also discussed the sale of several assets, plant improvement projects, and the importance of E15 and export markets to the industry.
Leaders from the U.S. feed grains value chain traveled together to Mexico last week to meet with longtime customers and incoming officials from the Mexican government on the heels of the recently-concluded U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations.
On Nov. 6, Gevo Inc. released third quarter financial results and hosted an investor call discussing efforts to decarbonize its Luverne, Minnesota, biorefinery and develop business opportunities for its isobutanol, jet fuel and isooctane products.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the November edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, maintaining its October forecast for 2018, but increasing its ethanol production forecast for next year.
Cooperative Producers Inc, a farmer-owned cooperative, has added E15 at its fuel site in Funk, Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Ethanol Board. This is CPI's third location selling E15 in Nebraska.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has released third quarter 2018 financial results, reporting significantly increased net earnings overall. Results for the company's bioproducts segment, however, were down due to weak ethanol margins.
The Andersons Inc. has released third quarter 2018 financial results, reporting strong quarterly performance for its ethanol group, but cautioning that the group's strong performance is not expected to last into the fourth quarter or 2019.
The Renewable Fuels Association, in partnership with Transcaer, will host an ethanol safety seminar at Western New York Energy on Nov. 14. The event is free to attend and limited to the first 75 registrants.
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced that Growmark Energy has started offering pre-blended E15 at its company-owned terminals in Amboy, Ashkum, and Petersburg, Illinois, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and St. Joseph, Missouri.
The USDA has released selected tables prepared for its upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report, which is scheduled for full release in February. One of the charts illustrates the USDA's expectations for corn use in ethanol production.
USDA's Farm Service Agency has opened a public comment period on the revision and extension of a currently approved information collection associated with FSA Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership Grants to states.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane association, has announced the volume of sugarcane processed during the first half of October was down when compared to the same period of last year. Production and sales of ethanol, however, remained relatively high.
USGC: Buyer-seller relationships forged at Export Exchange 2018
By U.S. Grains Council
November 01, 2018
More than 200 international buyers and end-users of coarse grains and coproducts from upwards of 35 countries recently traveled to Minneapolis for Export Exchange 2018, ready to meet with U.S. suppliers and service providers across the value chain.
In 2017, the U.S. Grains Council's Kuala Lumpur office hosted a promotion program for U.S. DDGS in the region featuring a highly respected U.S. poultry nutritionist. The event helped create new demand in Malaysia for the ethanol coproduct.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. has released third quarter 2018 financial results, reporting reduce net sales and total gallons sold. During an investor call, the company provided an update of its plant improvement projects.
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced that John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon, cohosts of Showtime's popular political documentary series The Circus, are scheduled to speak together at the 24th annual National Ethanol Conference.
A coalition of environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. EPA asking the agency to change how it accounts for land-use changes under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Ethanol groups are speaking out against the claims included in the petition.
The U.S. EPA has delivered its final rule to set 2019 RVOs under the RFS, along with the 2020 RVO for biomass-based diesel, to the White House Office of Management and Budget. OMB review marks a final step before the final rule is published.
Promotion and market development for U.S. DDGS has been a mainstay of the U.S. Grains Council's work for more than a decade, supporting a market of approximately 11 million metric tons exported annually for use in livestock feed.
National Farmers Union has launched a radio ad buy urging President Donald Trump to keep his promises to family farmers by immediately implementing year-round E-15 and reversing the losses caused by the misappropriation of small refinery exemptions.
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee will hold an opening meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 15-16. The meeting will address regulatory barriers impacting bioenergy growth.
Bioenergy or high biomass sorghum can be grown in water-stressed situations and still produce good yields, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study being conducted at Bushland and in Kansas.
Following a strong directive from President Trump to lift the outdated regulations stifling E15 fuel, Poet is moving forward with full construction of a new biofuel facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. The facility is scheduled to be complete in 2020.
The comment period on U.S. EPA's SAFE Vehicles Rule closed on Oct. 26. More than 100,000 comments were filed on the rulemaking, with those in the biofuel industry stressing that high-octane, low-carbon ethanol can help meet emissions standards.
In October 2016, Vietnam's Plant Protection Department issued a decision to suspend imports of U.S. DDGS following the detection of quarantine pests. The USGC's response helped return open access to the country's fast growing feed market.
The USDA recently released the October edition of its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report, noting corn use for fuel alcohol reached 479 million bushels in August, down slightly when compared to July and August 2017.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for September, reporting that 1.58 billion RINs were generated during the month, including 28.84 million cellulosic RINs.
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