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Corn prices force 2-week shutdown at Windsor ethanol plant

Windsor Now -- When it comes to the issue of ethanol production, manufacturers of the corn-based biofuel and the livestock industry often sit at opposite ends of the table.

But the two sides have at least one thing in common these days: Their bottom lines are suffering.

Dan Sanders Jr., general manager at Front Range Energy in Windsor, said the local ethanol plant shut down its production for two weeks in August — not long after corn prices skyrocketed.

With the cost of the commodity hitting all-time highs, the plant couldn’t make a profit.

It was the first such halt in operations at the plant in its six-year history.

The wide-spread drought is expected to diminish corn production this year across much of the U.S. — including the vital Corn Belt of the Midwest, and the anticipated tightened ...

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Submitted Sep 02, 2012 By: BurntOrange

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flagtown25 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,177 Points:494,655 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2012 11:08:16 PM Ignore flagtown25 Report Abuse No more Ethanol
bston Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:1,835 Points:645,200 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2012 3:20:23 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse Yuck; ethanol!
VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:3,857 Points:1,627,080 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2012 12:22:46 PM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse It wold be wise for the EPA to suspend the ethanol mandate at least for a year; but ideally forever. Switch to non food based biofuel. [Edited by: VomVom at 9/4/2012 1:23:35 PM EST]
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,370 Points:1,246,350 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2012 10:29:21 AM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Does anyone want to buy an ethanol plant? Cheap?
MeiThink Veteran Author Mississippi Posts:356 Points:66,065 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2012 10:18:08 AM Ignore MeiThink Report Abuse Get rid of ethanol!!!!!
mitt4prez Champion Author Tacoma Posts:1,762 Points:1,249,125 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2012 7:44:01 AM Ignore mitt4prez Report Abuse Down with ethanol.
zwsn01 All-Star Author Alabama Posts:691 Points:442,775 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 3:17:03 PM Ignore zwsn01 Report Abuse corn is for food, not for gas.
jl1rp Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:1,835 Points:360,540 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 11:37:31 AM Ignore jl1rp Report Abuse kill it
Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,567 Points:561,220 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 10:56:02 AM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse Ethanol is crap.
MontanaMac Champion Author Washington Posts:1,736 Points:410,050 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 10:38:06 AM Ignore MontanaMac Report Abuse End the ethanol program now.
investmentdr Champion Author Cleveland Posts:4,044 Points:1,457,975 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 10:18:54 AM Ignore investmentdr Report Abuse Funny how the market corrects itself
kjSC Champion Author South Carolina Posts:3,377 Points:681,375 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 10:14:21 AM Ignore kjSC Report Abuse Good and maybe the next step is to actually shut down the plant.
tnfran Champion Author Arizona Posts:4,398 Points:846,090 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 9:55:55 AM Ignore tnfran Report Abuse SHut down Ethanol garbage plants OR convert them to a "NON FOOD Bio".
WalkingWV Champion Author West Virginia Posts:3,701 Points:779,595 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 9:14:12 AM Ignore WalkingWV Report Abuse Ban ethanol!
EvergreenON All-Star Author Ontario Posts:952 Points:486,370 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 6:24:03 AM Ignore EvergreenON Report Abuse They can close that ethanol plant
el_fr Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,352 Points:748,375 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 6:16:01 AM Ignore el_fr Report Abuse Sop ethanol completely
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,727 Points:604,110 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 3:16:03 AM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse Boohoo..
sprocketsplines Champion Author Washington Posts:1,699 Points:864,580 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 1:30:33 AM Ignore sprocketsplines Report Abuse The RFS has a fixed target for ethanol which likely is not achievable with the current drought situation. So, to give ethanol production demand for corn as a percentage of the corn produced doesn't make sense. To actually meet the target, ethanol producers could bid the price of corn so high that it would be cheaper to buy and import the corn from a foreign source like Brazil. This defeats the intent of the RFS which was to make the US less dependent on foreign sources of energy.
Dodge_Me Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,214 Points:558,480 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 1:15:29 AM Ignore Dodge_Me Report Abuse Ethanol sucks for our cars
wz Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,504 Points:1,280,240 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 1:12:12 AM Ignore wz Report Abuse The problem with American ethanol plants is that their customer base is insulated from prices. It doesn't matter what they charge oil companies because of the federal mandated use, so the ethanol plants here will continue to operate and make money - providing dividends and equity gains to all the legislators and Congressmen who invested in them way back when.
HawaiianGuy Champion Author Idaho Posts:9,543 Points:3,082,625 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 1:06:34 AM Ignore HawaiianGuy Report Abuse American ethanol plants need to follow suit. This whole program has been fraught with dubious economic benefits, grossly subsidized costs, and rampant damage to older auto engines, small engines, and marine engines, while the feds do nothing but advance their "green energy" agenda at our expense.
krobp46 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:2,726 Points:544,020 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 1:02:34 AM Ignore krobp46 Report Abuse This drought could be God's way of telling the EPA that they are overstepping their boundaries. It's obvious the EPA doesn't listen to anyone else
LostInNY Champion Author New York Posts:1,731 Points:650,745 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:59:54 AM Ignore LostInNY Report Abuse Well somebody's experiment went sideways....of course the guys with the corn are laughing all the way to the bank!
DirtDauber Champion Author San Antonio Posts:6,796 Points:1,630,385 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:59:05 AM Ignore DirtDauber Report Abuse I'm not going to say, "I told you so."
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,727 Points:604,110 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:58:47 AM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse Yayyyy....
TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:7,141 Points:1,358,605 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:55:10 AM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse Serves them right. Not only has the demand made food prices too high but the Ethanol demand for the corn priced themselves out of the market. Ethanol is bad & worse. The public needs to demand gov. stop the Ethanol mandates before it kills all of us. Even the major environmentalist now agree Ethanol has worsened pollution. It saves zero gasoline & starves people as well due to land use for ethanol crops instead of food crops.
Palantas All-Star Author Indianapolis Posts:803 Points:415,795 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:52:28 AM Ignore Palantas Report Abuse Bummer. Can't say I'm too upset about this.
liao Champion Author Montreal Posts:3,462 Points:1,431,160 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:52:01 AM Ignore liao Report Abuse That's inevitable.
Hunter114 Champion Author Chicago Posts:9,133 Points:1,452,660 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:51:48 AM Ignore Hunter114 Report Abuse Food supply must come first. Shut down ethanol.
streetcars Champion Author Toledo Posts:12,284 Points:2,610,640 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:48:56 AM Ignore streetcars Report Abuse Oops!
gasmack Champion Author Ventura Posts:1,721 Points:671,345 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:48:24 AM Ignore gasmack Report Abuse The price of popping corn is going up too!
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GAS1251 Champion Author Texas Posts:5,165 Points:1,629,420 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:46:30 AM Ignore GAS1251 Report Abuse As long as they make the gasoline without the ethanol, that'd be alright.
BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:7,004 Points:1,242,810 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:42:10 AM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse Eat corn don't destroy it. Abolish ethanol.
Cheney Champion Author Toronto Posts:2,025 Points:2,537,820 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:39:28 AM Ignore Cheney Report Abuse I presume this is some other Windsor.
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MopedTime All-Star Author Michigan Posts:771 Points:362,950 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:34:26 AM Ignore MopedTime Report Abuse Save the corn for food.
Anne6137 Rookie Author Illinois Posts:5 Points:2,780 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:27:08 AM Ignore Anne6137 Report Abuse Why aren't they shut down?
RENEGADEGAS Champion Author Missouri Posts:14,929 Points:1,594,150 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:27:06 AM Ignore RENEGADEGAS Report Abuse Seems like a no brainer.
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LilRedWagonIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,791 Points:1,558,060 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:26:39 AM Ignore LilRedWagonIN Report Abuse Wow. The market place at work. High prices stop ethanol production. People gotta eat.
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,111 Points:1,838,165 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:23:56 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse Shut them down until these parasites aren't sucking blood from the taxpayers!
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,111 Points:1,838,165 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2012 12:21:00 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse How about shutting it down for good! [Edited by: dave12 at 9/3/2012 1:21:28 AM EST]
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