MCCOOK, Neb. -- It is good news southwest Nebraska that an idle ethanol plant soon will be churning out fuel again.
The modern plant sat idle in Cambridge, Neb., for most of 2009 after Mid-America Agri Products, citing unfavorable economic conditions in the ethanol industry, declared bankruptcy.
However, Nebraska Corn Processing L.L.C., a subsidiary of Zeeland Farm Services Inc., has signed an agreement to purchase the plant, which it won for $30 million in a bankruptcy auction, besting five other bidders.
Not only will it provide precious employment, the plant will again provide a welcome market for locally grown corn and a plentiful supply of cattle feed.
And Zeeland is a "green" company, running a soybean processing facility on renewable energy from a local landfill, for example, co-generating renewable power and steam.
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That kind of forward-thinking company will be a welcome addition to the southwest Nebraska industrial community.
