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Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter July 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Green Plains Inc., one of the biggest U.S. ethanol producers, sued Archer Daniels Midland on Tuesday, accusing the global grain trader of manipulating the price of the biofuel to profit from its positions in the derivatives market. Green Plains filed the proposed class action with the U.S. District Court of Nebraska,

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Ethanol woes spur new feed focus for Green Plains

Biofuel maker to reinvent itself as DDGS-based feed maker

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub February 11, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Green Plains Inc., one of the biggest U.S. ethanol producers, is planning to flip its business model upside down to survive a crash in prices for the corn-based fuel. The company will invest some $400 million in the next two to three years at its 13 plants to make high-protein, corn-based

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ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, P.J. Huffstutter April 26, 2019

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Biofuels pioneer Archer Daniels Midland took another step toward abandoning its pure-play ethanol assets on Friday, the latest sign of the industry’s struggles with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars, thin margins, and overproduction. U.S. law requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline but domestic demand for the biofuel added

The AltEn ethanol plant at Mead, Neb. on March 21, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

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Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw March 22, 2019

Mead, Neb./New York | Reuters — Massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest has knocked out roughly 13 per cent of the nation’s ethanol production capacity, as plants in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota have been forced to shut down or scale back production following the devastation. Production facilities owned by large companies like Archer Daniels

Valero Energy’s ethanol plant at Aurora, S.D., about 90 km north of Sioux Falls. (Valero.com)

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U.S. ethanol producers seek reforms as markets plunge, ADM sells

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Michael Hirtzer December 18, 2018

New York/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. ethanol producers stung by collapsing prices are seeking changes to the way benchmark values for the biofuel are established, arguing the current system used by exchanges is vulnerable to manipulation, according to sources. The push comes as the key farm belt industry struggles with weak demand growth, a loss

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Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

Ethanol woes spur new feed focus for Green Plains

ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

U.S. ethanol producers seek reforms as markets plunge, ADM sells

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