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Ethanol producer VeraSun files for bankruptcy protection as corn plummets

Humans have known for thousands of years that a good or bad crop can mean bounty or death by starvation. One of the many downsides to relying on crops for a feedstock for anything is the volatility that goes with the price. In old days, people hedged against a bad crop by finding ways to preserve food for the lean times. Today when it looks like prices are heading up, big companies lock in prices at what they think will be a low level. Unfortunately, that can come back to bite you when prices go down and you're stuck paying a higher than market ... Read more →

VeraSun merges with US BioEnergy, becomes larges ethanol producer in U.S. Jeremy Korzeniewski

As expected, VeraSun Energy and US BioEnergy, two large American ethanol producers, have become one. In fact, the just-merged company expects to be the largest producer of ethanol in the United ...

Testing the Ford Escape Hybrid on E85 Sebastian Blanco

From Domestic Fuel, we hear that VeraSun is currently testing Ford's Hybrid Escape using E85. The two-year test is meant to "demonstrate the benefit of converging flexible fuel and hybrid ...

VeraSun Energy and Enterprise will bring ethanol to rental cars Sebastian Blanco

There are certainly no lack of methods to make your travels less environmentally damaging than they used to be. Here's another option, if you're into ethanol: VeraSun Energy and Enterprise Rent-A-Car ...

BioTown, USA getting an ethanol plant from VeraSun Energy Sebastian Blanco

Now we're getting somewhere. And by "we" I mean BioTown, USA (Reynolds, Indiana). While last year we had stories about how this small town in Indiana is trying to grow and make all of its own energy ...


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