Good news for farmers??

[petasux]

Ethanol Plant Expansion
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A South Dakota company said yesterday (Monday) it has made breakthroughs in the production of ethanol that enables it to use corn stalks, leaves and other plant material in the production of the motor fuel.
The new technology will be used at a Broin Companies plant in Emmetsburg..
Broin's C-E-O, Jeff Broin, says the ethanol plant will be expanded to use the entire corn plant instead of just the kernel. The plant's capacity of 50 million gallons of ethanol a year will be increased to 125 million gallons with an investment of about 200-million-dollars.
Broin says it is the first commercial scale production facility in the United States to make ethanol from plant material other than the corn kernel.
He says he believes that the company's announcement yesterday is the beginning of a new era in ethanol production.
Most ethanol in the United States is made from the starch contained in a corn kernel.

[James B]

That would indeed be great news. Give that money to American Farmers instead of arab terrorist.

[Whitehorse]

If it works for them & is commercially viable, then it works for me!

[vc1111]

Something similar is being contructed in my neck of the woods.