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Train carrying ethanol from N.D. derails in Connecticut
No injuries or leakage has been reported from the 71-car derailment. The train was bound for Providence, R.I.March 11, 2010
SD company to expand corn drying
WATERTOWN, S.D. — Watertown-based ethanol producer Glacial Lakes Energy is expanding its corn drying capacity.March 10, 2010
Lawmakers tout importance of biofuels to ag industry
WILLMAR — Biofuels and budgets were the topics when state and federal lawmakers met with farmers Saturday morning.
March 08, 2010
Rise of ethanol affects prairie birds
A new report says government incentives for corn-based ethanol are motivating farmers to convert grasslands to cornfields, resulting in declining grassland bird populations in the Prairie Pothole Region, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.By By Seth Tupper, Forum Communications Co. , January 27, 2010
Grass for gas: Ethanol causing declining grassland bird populations
A new report says government incentives for corn-based ethanol are motivating farmers to convert grasslands to cornfields, resulting in declining grassland bird populations in the Prairie Pothole Region, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.By Seth Tupper , January 25, 2010
More corn for ethanol leading to less grassland for prairie birds
MITCHELL, S.D. — A new report says government incentives for corn-based ethanol are motivating farmers to convert grasslands to cornfields, resulting in declining grassland bird populations in the Prairie Pothole Region, including Minnesota and North and South Dakota.By Seth Tupper , January 23, 2010
Otter Tail ethanol plant also planning bioenergy center
Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC in Fergus Falls will be among the first to take advantage of newly developed technology to convert the byproducts of ethanol production into clean energy as well.By Staff Report , January 16, 2010
Equipment malfunction costs Casselton ethanol plant millions
Casselton, ND (WDAY TV) - A major equipment malfunction has cost the Tharaldson Ethanol Plant in Casselton millions of dollars, forcing the company to buy new equipment to get up to full speed.
By Stephanie Goetz , January 05, 2010
Ethanol plant burns corn cobs
A southwest Minnesota ethanol company will buy more than just corn from farmers. It wants their cobs, too.By Heather Thorstensen , December 25, 2009
Fergus Falls ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
Otter Tail Ag Enterprises ethanol plant in Fergus Falls has run into financial difficulties with a recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
By Jason Adkins , December 10, 2009
Government report looks at ethanol's use of water
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could pinch the nation's water resources says farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country.By Associated Press , December 09, 2009
Richardton ethanol plant getting busy
RICHARDTON (AP) — The Red Trail Energy ethanol plant at Richardton is getting busier as farmers are finally harvesting the delayed corn crop.November 28, 2009
Fergus ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, which operates an ethanol plant here, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company announced.
By Forum staff reports , November 03, 2009
Southwest N.D. ethanol plant officials expect profit
A southwestern North Dakota ethanol plant has overcome a year of financial struggles and is heading toward a profit, its top officials say.October 26, 2009
Money in corn cobs? Research at Scotland seeks to prove there i
SCOTLAND — There’s ethanol, and hopefully money, in corn cobs.By Ross Dolan, The Daily Republic , October 13, 2009
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