Sue Retka Schill is managing editor of Ethanol Producer Magazine and and a senior editor at BBI International. She started working with BBI International in late 2006 and has written on a variety of topics for Ethanol Producer Magazine, Biodiesel Magazine and Biomass Magazine. She has years of experience in reporting on agriculture and rural life for regional publications and community newspapers.
The quest for carbon reduction is driving interest in higher biodiesel blends, and Optimus Technologies' Vector System is enabling diesel engines to transition.
From Minnesota to Nebraska, discussions around performance-based fuel standards are bringing a broad range of stakeholders together. Progress requires coalition building and compromise.
Three developers take different approaches to filling the expected surge for demand in oilseeds with crops that promise low GHG scores.
Corn and natural gas prices are spiking to levels not seen in over a decade. The effect of those rising costs would be dire if the values of ethanol, DDGS and corn oil weren't also riding high.
Thirty years ago, Bob Thornberg stepped away from ethanol in pursuit of fermentation's feed and food derivatives. His vision grew into a thriving ag enterprise with multiple locations, global sales and a growing portfolio of products.
Ethanol industry drone applications are soaring far beyond aerial photography. Plant personnel are now using the technology both around and inside their facilities. They're even gaining experience with technical confined space inspections.
Ag and oil are intersecting in North Dakota with a new joint venture between ag giant Archer Daniels Midland and top-ranked petroleum energy company Marathon Petroleum Corp.
As the ethanol industry sets its sights on net-zero CI, it is calling for an accurate reconciliation of corn production's CO2 balance. Finally, it appears that both growers and biofuel producers may soon be rewarded for climate-smart practices.
Nearly 2,000 attendees, many returning to in-person events for the first time in two years, were briefed on policy objectives and producer priorities at ethanol's big summer show, the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
Carbon reduction incentives are improving the payback on cogeneration for ethanol plants. Only a fraction of U.S. producers are currently doing it, but that could change as the industry has new reasons to get more efficient with heat and power.