Tuesday September 21 Ag News

 IANR NAMES FINALISTS FOR DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF NEBRASKA EXTENSION

The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has selected three finalists in its search for dean and director of Nebraska Extension. The candidates will visit Nebraska and participate in public presentations Sept. 30 to Oct. 8.

The candidates, selected through a national search, will spend time with university administrators and interact with the Nebraska Extension leadership team, faculty and staff. Stakeholders, county extension boards and the university community are invited to attend public presentations and provide feedback.

“The dean and director of Nebraska Extension will play a pivotal role for Nebraska’s communities,” said Tiffany Heng-Moss, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. “Through a partnership with an exceptional team of extension specialists, educators and assistants provide a vision and dynamic leadership that will ensure Nebraska Extension is collaboratively addressing the evolving critical issues affecting Nebraskans, enhancing the lives of youth and families, and continuing to grow the economic vitality of our 531 rural and urban communities.”

“That is why we are so enthusiastic about these candidates,” said Sherri Jones, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences. “Each of these finalists are highly qualified. They all come to the table with established track records of success within their states, not to mention the ideas for future improvement and vitality they will bring to Nebraska.”

The finalists, listed by public presentation date, are:

Charles Stoltenow, assistant director, North Dakota State University Extension Service
> Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. to noon, public presentation, Nebraska East Union, streamed live
> Oct. 1, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., meet and greet, Raising Nebraska, Grand Island

Stoltenow is an assistant director of North Dakota State University Extension in Fargo and serves as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader. This is his 25th year with NDSU Extension. He grew up on a diversified farm in southeastern North Dakota near the village of Great Bend, population 76. He received his Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from North Dakota State University and his DVM from Iowa State University. Upon graduation, he started his own solo equine practice in Des Moines. He was in private equine practice for four years, including the Ak-Sar-Ben race course at Omaha and the Detroit Race Course at Livonia, Michigan. After private practice, he joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a federal veterinarian. During his time with USDA, he was “loaned” out to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was a member of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, where he investigated and studied human epidemiology at the Nebraska Department of Health in Lincoln. He finished his federal career as an analytical epidemiologist for the USDA’s Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was the food safety training coordinator for two USDA agencies concurrently.

Stoltenow left USDA to become the extension veterinarian for NDSU. He is tenured within the Animal Sciences Department and holds the rank of professor. In addition to his current position and responsibilities, he served as the interim director of NDSU’s four-year veterinary technology program. Other positions he has held while at NDSU include North Dakota horse racing commissioner, consulting veterinarian for the North Dakota Board of Animal Health, Board of Pharmacy, Department of Emergency Services and Department of Health. He has held leadership positions within the North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. At the international level, he holds the rank of adjunct professor at the Mongolia State University School of Veterinary Medicine. He has visited 15 countries and has served as a consultant to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Bern and U.S. State Department. He is considered one of the world’s leading authorities in anthrax, a zoonotic disease present in six continents.

David Varner, interim dean and director, Nebraska Extension  
> Oct. 5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, public presentation, Nebraska East Union, streamed live
> Oct. 6, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., meet and greet, Raising Nebraska, Grand Island

Varner has served as an extension professional for 35 years, beginning as a student intern in 1986. He served as a cropping systems extension educator in Lancaster and Dodge counties for 22 years, focused on helping agriculturists identify, evaluate and implement production practices and technologies that led to profitable and sustainable farming operations.  He provided leadership for several impactful extension programs that focused on producers’ adoption of innovative agricultural technologies as the precision agriculture era emerged. In 2001, he co-founded the Nebraska Agricultural Technologies Association. Varner co-led the state’s largest producer-driven extension on-farm research network for more than two decades. He is an ardent champion of next-generation extension.

In 2011, Varner transitioned to the Nebraska Extension Leadership Team.  He has served as the associate director and interim director for the Southeast Research and Extension District, interim director for the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center and associate dean and director for Nebraska Extension. Varner currently serves as interim program leader for Rural Prosperity Nebraska and interim dean and director for Nebraska Extension.

Varner has earned a Bachelor of Science in agricultural education and mechanized agriculture, a Master of Science in mechanized agriculture and a Doctor of Philosophy in leadership studies from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His doctorate work focused on the lived journeys of millennial educators as they assimilated into the Nebraska Extension system.

Brad Gaolach, director, Washington State University Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension; director, Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research
> Oct. 7, 10:30 a.m. to noon, public presentation, Nebraska East Union, streamed live
> Oct. 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., meet and greet, Raising Nebraska, Grand Island

Gaolach serves as the founding director for both the Washington State University Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension (Metro Center) and the Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research and is a tenured professor in WSU Extension’s Community and Economic Development Unit. He is trained as a community and population ecologist; his dissertation studied the complex agroecological systems of diversified, direct-marketing farms in the Puget Sound region. His 20-plus-year extension career started with WSU as the agriculture and natural resources agent for King County Extension. Prior to his current appointment, he served over a decade as the county director for the two most populous counties in Washington state.

Gaolach utilizes his training as a research scientist and ecologist to bridge the world of academia with community-based applications. He is recognized for his systems-based approach to problem solving and his ability to build collaborative partnerships. Collaborating with faculty expertise from across WSU and other land-grant universities, he has developed and led multi-organization and multi-university research and extension projects ranging from food-systems, water quality and quantity, school gardens and nutrition, and economic development. He has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on projects totaling more than $20 million in extramural funding and has published on subject matter topics, as well as innovations in extension.



 Applications for Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium close Oct. 1

The annual Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Science Complex on Nov. 19-21, 2021. The symposium is designed to introduce youth to career opportunities and current issues in the beef industry, as well as offer education and practice in the use of leadership skills.  

“The Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium gives participants a unique opportunity to interact with beef industry leaders and university faculty who have expertise in beef production and meat science while learning more about themselves as a leader,” said Alli Raymond, coordinator of admissions in the Nebraska Animal Science Department. “These students are the future of the industry, so it’s important to give them opportunities to interact with their peers and industry professionals to cultivate their passion.”

High school students in 10th, 11th or 12th grade are encouraged to apply to this year’s symposium themed “Showcasing Beef: A Culinary Challenge” to get more in-depth information about the beef industry and interact with faculty and learn more about genetic markers, reproduction, environment and manure management and antibiotic resistance. Participants will also develop and market a beef product and work with a professional chef from Omaha Steaks.  

The symposium will conclude with a Sunday luncheon where participants will present their new products and marketing plan to a panel of judges. Parents and guests will get a chance to taste their products.  

Six participants will be awarded scholarships from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. If selected to participate, there will be a $75 registration fee to cover the cost of the hotel, meals, and materials. Room and meals are provided.  

For more information about the Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium or to register, contact Ashley Benes at ashley.benes@unl.edu or visit the site. Registration is due by Oct. 1.   



HAY TESTING
– Jerry Volesky, NE Extension Specialist

Do you know the quality of the hay or silage that you harvested this past season?   It is important to know how much protein and energy your cows will get when you start feeding, or how much supplement to feed.  Find out by following instructions for sampling and testing.

Maybe the most important step in sampling hay is deciding which bales and stacks should be included in each sample.  Ideally, each sample should include only bales that were produced under similar conditions.

Obviously, the place to start grouping is to separate different types of hay, like alfalfa or CRP or corn stalk or meadow hay.  But each cutting of hay probably is different from the other cuttings also, so there is another separation.  And no two fields or meadows are ever exactly the same, especially if they were cut more than several days apart, this makes another grouping.  And what if part of the field was rained on before it was baled?  The hay made without rain damage will likely be different from hay with rain damage.

After you’ve made all these separations, which could result in quite a few groups of similar bales, then and only then are you ready to sample.  From each group gather a dozen or more cores from different bales or stacks and combine them into one sample.  Be sure to use a good hay probe that can core into at least 12 to 18 inches into the bale.

Finally, send these samples to a certified lab for tests of crude protein and energy content.  With the drought conditions of this past year, testing any annual forages for nitrates is a good idea.

Then use this information to feed your cattle as profitably as possible.   



Nebraska Represented on Beef Promotion Operating Committee

The Beef Promotion Operating Committee held their meeting last week in Denver to make the 2021-2022 funding decisions. The Beef Promotion Operating Committee (BPOC) is defined in the Beef Act as the body responsible for developing the annual budget, which must be approved by the full Beef Board and USDA, for developing plans and programs in the areas of promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications. The BPOC includes 10 producers elected by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and 10 producers elected by the Federation of State Beef Councils. The Act and Order requires that the BPOC contract with national, non-profit, industry-governed organizations to implement Beef Checkoff programs. Nebraska is well represented on the Operating Committee having three of the twenty members including Dave Hamilton of Thedford, Tori Lienemann of Princeton and Jeff Rudolph of Gothenburg.

Approximately $38.9 million will be invested into programs during the 2022 fiscal year, subject to USDA approval. The BPOC approved Beef Checkoff funding for a total of 13 grant proposals brought by 9 contractors and subcontractors.

The FY22 Plan of Work for the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board budget includes:
    $9,558,830 for promotion - focusing on beef’s nutritional value, eating experience, convenience, and production.
    $8,810,000 for research - focusing on pre- and post-harvest beef safety, scientific affairs, nutrition, sustainability, product quality, culinary technical expertise, and consumer perceptions.
    $7,654,780 for consumer information - including national consumer public relations, nutrition-influencer relations and work with school curriculum directors.
    $2,627,190 for industry information - including dissemination of accurate information about the beef industry to counter misinformation from anti-beef groups and others.
    $8,400,000 for foreign marketing and education - focusing on more than 90 countries around the world.
    $1,850,000 for producer communications.

Producers Share Feedback in Checkoff-funded Survey
The Beef Checkoff places a priority on listening to cattle producers across the country. As part of a listening initiative, a national online survey was conducted in July 2021 to understand topics of greatest interest to producers, key concerns and challenges. Thank you to the hundreds of producers who provided valuable feedback. The top three concerns or challenges selected by producers were:
    49% - Consumer perceptions of animal welfare
    42% - Competition from alternative proteins
    41% - Long-term demand for beef

The Beef Checkoff considers these producer responses when strategizing and executing new and upcoming Beef Checkoff-funded programs. For example, over the past two years of surveys, producers showed their concern about alternative proteins, which led the Beef Checkoff to commission a research study Impact of New Plant-Based Protein Alternatives on U.S. Beef Demand to fully understand the economic insights into competitive threats to U.S. beef demand posed by plant-based protein alternatives.



2021 Water for Food Global Forum

The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute is pleased to introduce the “Water for Food Global Forum,” a virtual series of events over a one-month period that will convene leading international experts, growers and organizations to focus on achieving global water and food security. The Forum will focus on integrating knowledge and practice and you're invited to participate.

In place of its flagship Water for Food Global Conference, in 2021 the institute is capturing the depth and breadth of its global connections and expertise through a variety of free, virtual events. The Forum will provide an opportunity for individuals with diverse areas of expertise and interest to learn about, collaborate and strategize solutions to pressing issues related to water and food, including those exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. The events will serve as a springboard for future conversations.
 
Theme topics will include:
    Food systems and nutrition
    Innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture and water management
    Water and nutrient management
    Climate change and extreme events

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact CGIAR
Aric Olson, President, Jain Irrigation, Inc.
Ali Khan, Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Melissa Ho, Senior Vice President, Fresh Water and Food - World Wildlife Fund - US
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate; Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health - Worldfish
Michael Pennino, Ecologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Rachael Mcdonnell, Deputy Director General - Research for Development, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Erin Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Ranchers and Farmers in Action
Mark Smith, Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

FORUM AGENDA
Join us as we explore cutting-edge work being done to ensure we have enough nutritious food and clean water to sustainably support nearly 10 billion people in the next 30 years. To build better agricultural and food systems, it will take the entrepreneurial spirit of farmers, scientists, philanthropists, companies and other organizations at the forefront of change.

All sessions of the Water for Food Global Forum will be presented virtually and registrants will have access to all sessions for free.
 
Live sessions
Thursdays in October, 9-11 a.m. CST
Each week, the Water for Food Global Forum will feature 2 hours of live, interactive sessions related to each theme topic. Other live side events will be held throughout the Forum.
 
On-demand sessions
New on-demand sessions will be made available to registrants each week via the Cvent platform. These sessions will complement the two hours of “live” content we’ll also be providing each week.

The tentative schedule is available at the link https://waterforfood.nebraska.edu/. New sessions and speakers will be added as they are confirmed.



Celebrate #Porktober21 to Recognize Iowa’s Achievements

There is no better time than October to celebrate that Iowa is the country’s top pork-producing state. That achievement is a testament to the work done by the women and men who work in the industry. In fact, if all the people who worked in pork production were aggregated into one place, those 147,000 people would make up the state’s third largest city!
 
Iowa pig farmers and all the other essential workers in the pork industry continue to respond to our uncertain times with resilience and creativity. That’s why the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) will celebrate October Pork Month, or #Porktober21, with great appreciation of not only delicious and nutritious pork, but all the people that are part of this important food system in our state.
 
Those people work in the barns to make sure pigs receive the best care possible. They drive feed trucks to deliver Iowa corn, soybean meal and other nutrients to pigs. Others are driving trucks filled with pigs as they move them through the production system. And then, there are the veterinarians and the processing plant workers – both focused on the final outcome of providing safe and healthy pork to consumers.
 
“Pork is the leading animal protein for consumers across the globe, but our most important consumers will always be those here at home,” said IPPA President Dennis Liljedahl of Essex. “Porktober21 is when we highlight both the people and the product. It is a celebration of real stories, real farms, and the real way people feel when they enjoy the taste of pork and the way it brings them together.”
 
Learn more about pork and Iowa’s pig farmers at www.IowaPork.org/Porktober21/. There, you’ll find quick and affordable pork recipes, videos of Iowans who are part of the pork industry, as well as information about the sustainability of pork production.



USDA to Host Educational Webinar Series for Pork Industry on Livestock Mandatory Reporting

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a series of educational webinars for the pork industry about USDA’s Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Program. In this series – to be held on October 12, October 19 and October 26, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time each day – USDA Market News staff and a panel of industry representatives will provide an overview of LMR live hog and wholesale pork reporting, and how this information can inform real-world marketing decisions at the farm and other points in the supply chain. While anyone can attend the free webinars, they are targeted to pork producers, feeders and other stakeholders who want a better understanding of LMR.

The first webinar will provide an overview of LMR and includes speakers from USDA Market News, the National Pork Producers Council, the USDA Packers and Stockyards Division and the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The second webinar will provide an overview of LMR live hog reporting and includes speakers from USDA Market News, CME Group, a hog producer and an economist from Iowa State University. The last webinar will provide an overview of LMR wholesale pork reporting and includes speakers from USDA Market News, CME Group, an economist from Partners for Production Agriculture and a representative from Sterling Marketing, Inc.  

Information about how to pre-register, and the dates, times, speakers and topics of each webinar are on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/event/pork-LMR-webinars.

USDA is focused on building new, more, fairer, and more resilient markets for our farmers, ranchers and producers. In the last five years, stresses and disruptions caused by concentration in livestock markets have impacted not only producers, but consumers as well. These educational webinars will help pork producers better understand LMR data so they can make marketing and production decisions based on the best-available market information.



African Swine Fever Confirmed in Haiti

African swine fever has spread to Haiti, as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) confirmed an outbreak on Monday in the very-most southern city of Anse-a-Pitre, bordering the Dominican Republic.

The OIE report is the first indication the virus may have spread from the Dominican Republic where it was identified in the Western Hemisphere for the first time in decades. According to the OIE, this is the first reported case of African swine fever in Haiti since 1984.

The report indicates there were 234 cases of ASF found among a backyard herd of 2,500 animals in Haiti. The OIE report indicates the origin of the infection is either "unknown or inconclusive."

The OIE said the Haitians are taking several steps in response, including surveillance, quarantine and screening additional animals in the region. Officials are preparing to take additional steps of establishing protection zones, controlling movement of pigs inside the country and other measures.

At the end of last week, USDA suspended the movement of all live swine, swine germplasm, swine products and swine byproducts from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the mainland U.S. in an effort to prevent the spread of African swine fever.



NBB Welcomes Court Decision to Maintain Duties on Argentine Biodiesel

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) today welcomed the U.S. Court of International Trade's decision to uphold the U.S. Department of Commerce's final determination in its changed circumstances review (CCR) of duties on imports of Argentine biodiesel. Following a lengthy review process, Commerce in May 2020 determined that there were no "changed circumstances" in Argentina's subsidies for its biodiesel producers that would warrant changes in U.S. duty rates first imposed in early 2018. Today, the Court found Commerce's determination was reasonably determined and supported by substantial evidence.

Kurt Kovarik, NBB's VP of Federal Affairs, said, "NBB's Fair Trade Coalition and members are grateful that the Department of Commerce stood by U.S. biodiesel producers and made the right decisions to maintain fair trade conditions. NBB participated throughout the review to ensure the evidentiary record was current and complete. We are pleased that the court's review supports the outcome of that process."

In January 2018, following a lengthy investigation that found U.S. biodiesel producers were harmed by unfair trade practices, Commerce finalized antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) rates on Argentine biodiesel imports. In November 2018, Commerce granted Argentina's request for a "changed circumstances" review, based on that government's ongoing changes in its export tax regime. In July 2019, Commerce issued a preliminary decision that would have maintained the AD rates but virtually eliminated CVD rates for Argentina's biodiesel producers. In May 2020, however, Commerce issued a final determination that maintained both the original CVD and AD rates.



Growth Energy Members to Biden: Uphold Your Commitments to Clean Energy

During Growth Energy’s virtual fly-in, 87 Growth Energy members sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to stand behind his promise to take clear action on climate change by supporting low-carbon biofuels and upholding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) through strong biofuel blending targets. The signers represent Growth Energy’s diverse membership of biorefineries and the innovative businesses across 20 states that support renewable energy. A copy of the letter to the President also ran in a full-page print ad in POLITICO on Tuesday, September 21.

“Homegrown biofuels like ethanol reduce carbon emissions by 46 percent over their full lifecycle, and a recent analysis concludes that if we are to achieve net-zero by 2050, we must use all tools in the toolbox – including biofuels,” wrote Growth Energy’s biofuels producers and supporters. “Our industry supports over 300,000 good paying, clean energy jobs across the heartland. If your administration lets refiners replace clean, renewable biofuels with more fossil fuels, it will hinder progress on your ambitious climate agenda, hurt working families, and undermine the economic recovery across rural America.”

“Unfortunately, fossil fuel advocates continue to demand that EPA adopt Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) that fall far short of your commitment to uphold the RFS. To help reduce carbon emissions and reach your transportation decarbonization goals, it is vital that conventional biofuel blending targets meet the15-billion-gallon minimum required by law, restore 500 million gallons of improperly waived fuel blending requirements, and drive ambitious targets for growth in advanced and cellulosic biofuels.

The full list of signees in letter to President Biden includes:
Absolute Energy, LLC (St. Ansgar, Iowa) 
Ace Ethanol LLC (Stanley, Wisconsin)
AgCountry Farm Credit Services (Fargo, North Dakota) 
Archangel, Inc. (Highlands Ranch, Colorado)
Big River Resources Boyceville, LLC (Boyceville, Wisconsin)
Big River Resources Galva, LLC (Galva, Illinois)
Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC (West Burlington, Iowa)
Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC (Underwood, North Dakota)
Bridgeport Ethanol, LLC (Bridgeport, Nebraska)
Bushmills Ethanol (Atwater, Minnesota)
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC (Union City, Indiana)
Christianson PLLP (Wilmar, Minnesota)
Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC - Arkalon Energy (Liberal, Kansas)
Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC - Bonanza (Liberal, Kansas)
Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC - Diamond Ethanol (Levelland, Texas)
Corn, LP (Goldfield, Iowa)
CTE Global, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois)
Dedert (Homewood, Illinois)
Denco II, LLC (Morris, Minnesota)
Didion Ethanol LLC (Cambria, Wisconsin)
Flottweg (Florence, Kentucky)
Fluid Quip Process Technologies, LLC (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Fox River Valley Ethanol LLC (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Front Range Energy, LLC (Windsor, Colorado)
Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC - Aberdeen (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC - Huron (Huron, South Dakota)
Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC - Watertown (Watertown, South Dakota)
Golden Grain Energy, LLC (Mason City, Iowa)
ICM Biofuels, Inc. (St Joseph, Missouri)
ICM, Inc. (Colwich, Kansas)
Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC (Rensselaer, Indiana)
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (Suwanee, Georgia)
Marquis Energy - Wisconsin, LLC (Necedah, Wisconsin)
Marquis Energy, LLC (Hennepin, Illinois)
Mid America Bio Energy (Madrid, Nebraska)
Nebraska Corn Processing, LLC (Cambridge, Nebraska)
Novozymes (Franklinton, North Carolina)
NUVUFuels (Ionia, Michigan)
Pennsylvania Grain Processing, LLC (Clearfield, Pennsylvania)
Phibro Ethanol Performance Group (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey)
Plymouth Energy, LLC (Merrill, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Alexandria (Alexandria, Indiana)
POET Biorefining - Arthur (Arthur, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Ashton (Ashton, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Big Stone (Big Stone City, South Dakota)
POET Biorefining - Bingham Lake (Bingham Lake, Minnesota)
POET Biorefining - Caro (Caro, Michigan)
POET Biorefining - Chancellor (Mitchell, South Dakota)
POET Biorefining - Cloverdale (Cloverdale, Indiana)
POET Biorefining - Coon Rapids (Coon Rapids, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Corning (Corning, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Fairbank (Fairbank, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Fairmont (Fairmont, Nebraska)
POET Biorefining - Fostoria (Fostoria, Ohio)
POET Biorefining - Glenville (Albert Lea, Minnesota)
POET Biorefining - Gowrie (Gowrie, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Groton (Groton, South Dakota)
POET Biorefining - Hanlontown (Hanlontown, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Hudson (Hudson, South Dakota)
POET Biorefining - Iowa Falls (Iowa Falls, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Jewell (Jewell, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Laddonia (Laddonia, Missouri)
POET Biorefining - Lake Crystal (Lake Crystal, Minnesota)
POET Biorefining - Leipsic (Leipsic, Ohio)
POET Biorefining - Macon (Laddonia, Missouri)
POET Biorefining - Marion (Marion, Ohio)
POET Biorefining - Menlo (Menlo, Iowa)
POET Biorefining - Mitchell (Letcher, South Dakota)
POET Biorefining - North Manchester (North Manchester, Indiana)
POET Biorefining - Portland (Portland, Indiana)
POET Biorefining - Preston (Preston, Minnesota)
POET Biorefining - Shelbyville (Shelbyville, Indiana)
POET Biorefining - Shell Rock (Shell Rock, Iowa)
Protect LLC (Colwich, Kansas)
Redfield Energy, LLC (Redfield, South Dakota)
Siouxland Energy Cooperative (Sioux Center, Iowa)
Sterling Ethanol, LLC (Sterling, Colorado)
Sukup Bins (Sheffield, Iowa)
Tharaldson Ethanol Plant, LLC (Casselton, North Dakota)
Three Rivers Energy (Coshocton, Ohio)
Western New York Energy, LLC (Medina, New York)
Western Plains Energy, LLC (Oakley, Kansas)
White Energy Hereford, LLC (Hereford, Texas)
White Energy Plainview, LLC (Plainview, Texas)
Whitefox Technologies (Chicago, Illinois)
Yuma Ethanol, LLC (Yuma, Colorado)