Tag: Iowa

FQT commissions world’s largest MSC System at Tharaldson Ethanol’s North Dakota plant

FQT commissions world’s largest MSC System at Tharaldson Ethanol’s North Dakota plant

July 30, 2024 |

In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) announced the successful completion and commissioning of the world’s largest MSC System to date at Tharaldson Ethanol’s 175 million-gallon biorefinery in Casselton, North Dakota. This marks the twelfth FQT MSC system installed world-wide and expands the production of corn fermented protein, a high-quality protein ingredient in animal feed, providing […]

Read More

Iowa Biodiesel Board applauds effort to boost EPA RFS volumes for 2026

Iowa Biodiesel Board applauds effort to boost EPA RFS volumes for 2026

July 22, 2024 |

In Iowa, the Iowa Biodiesel Board applauded Iowa U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson (R-02) for leading a bipartisan letter to the Environmental Protection Agency encouraging more usage of biofuels in the U.S. EPA is currently considering volume obligations for the 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard. Co-authored by Minnesota U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D-02), and signed by 37 […]

Read More

Iowa Food System Coalition calls for more food and less ethanol

Iowa Food System Coalition calls for more food and less ethanol

July 3, 2024 |

In Iowa, the Des Moines Register newspaper reports a new coalition is calling for a shift to food production from corn for ethanol production for the state’s farmland. The plan, Setting the Table for All Iowans, launched by the Iowa Food System Coalition aims to see the conversion of farmland to food production for local […]

Read More

Iowa Utilities Board greenlights Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project

Iowa Utilities Board greenlights Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project

June 26, 2024 |

In Iowa, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) announced the approval of Summit Carbon Solutions base pipeline project (HLP-2021-0001). This approval represents a significant milestone not for just Summit Carbon Solutions, but for the entire agriculture industry as it seeks access to new and emerging markets, like sustainable aviation fuel, by lowering ethanol’s carbon intensity score (CI).  […]

Read More

Kemin Industries acquires antimicrobials for biofuels firm

Kemin Industries acquires antimicrobials for biofuels firm

June 25, 2024 |

In Iowa, Kemin Industries has acquired Archangel Inc., a company specializing in antimicrobials for fermentative biofuel production. With the acquisition of Archangel Inc., Kemin enhances its portfolio of antimicrobial solutions with the NOVA EZL and NOVA EZP products that support biofuel production. The acquisition also transfers four full patent applications from Archangel to Kemin. The […]

Read More

Fluid Quip Technologies integrates DCO technology at Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company

Fluid Quip Technologies integrates DCO technology at Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company

June 4, 2024 |

In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) proudly announces the integration of its groundbreaking Distillers Corn Oil (DCO) Technology at the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC) in Benson, Minnesota. This innovative technology promises to deliver an average 20% increase in distillers corn oil yields and reduce energy costs through enhanced solids control in evaporators. FQT’s DCO […]

Read More

Iowa AG together with 12 other states sues Biden Administration for supporting EVs instead of ethanol

Iowa AG together with 12 other states sues Biden Administration for supporting EVs instead of ethanol

April 11, 2024 |

In Iowa, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden’s electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden’s most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, she says Biden’ts is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden’s […]

Read More

Iowa RFA launches latest On-Farm Biodiesel Credit Program to farmers

Iowa RFA launches latest On-Farm Biodiesel Credit Program to farmers

April 11, 2024 |

In Iowa, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) is once again offering the statewide On-Farm Biodiesel Credit Program to farmers who buy a biodiesel blend for their Iowa farm tank. The program offers up to 50 cents per gallon. The Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa Biodiesel Board continue to partner with the program, providing $10,000. […]

Read More

Siouxland Energy Cooperative and Continuum Ag to help farmers with Carbon Intensity certified grain

Siouxland Energy Cooperative and Continuum Ag to help farmers with Carbon Intensity certified grain

March 25, 2024 |

In Iowa, Siouxland Energy Cooperative of Sioux Center, Iowa, and Continuum Ag of Washington, Iowa, have agreed to provide farmers a path to receive potential premiums associated with Carbon Intensity (CI) Certified Grain. Continuum Ag will provide farmers the certification necessary to participate while Siouxland intends to be a buyer for the certified bushels. The […]

Read More

USDA marks second-ever National Biobased Products Day

USDA marks second-ever National Biobased Products Day

March 11, 2024 |

In Iowa, the US Department of Agriculture held its second National Biobased Products Day celebration on March 8, with a press conference highlighting the accomplishments of people and organizations working to improve sustainability. USDA also marked the occasion by releasing two reports and announcing a National Institute of Food and Agriculture $10,000,000 investment in Oregon […]

Read More