Farmer Owned Ethanol Plants…….
New Generation Cooperatives may be combined with, converted
to or organized as limited liability companies or partnerships.
ACE
Ethanol, LLC, located in Stanley, WI is a farmer owned facility. It began
operation in 2002 producing 15 million gallons of ethanol yearly. An expansion is planned
for Fall 2004.
Adkins
Energy Cooperative, located
near Lena, Ill, was formed with 349 members made up
of producers and local investors from twelve counties in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. The 40 million gallon facility
created 70 new jobs and utilize more than 11 million bushels of corn each year. The plant
cost $63 million to build. Production started in July 2002. http://www.adkinsenergy.com
Ag
Processing, Inc,
located near Omaha, Neb, is a farmer-owned cooperative engaged
in the procurement, processing, marketing, and transportation of grains and grain
products. Since its formation in 1983, AGP has been committed to the success of its
owners. Today, its
membership includes 302 local and 12 regional cooperatives representing 300,000 farmers
from 16 states and Canada. It owns an ethanol plant in Hastings, NE that produces 52 million gallons per
year of ethanol. http://www.agp.com/
Agra Resources Cooperative-EXOL is
located near Albert
Lea, MN. This New Generation Cooperative has
496 members. The plant started production in
1999 and produces 40 million gallons of ethanol annually. http://www.exolmn.com.
Agri-Energy,
LLC, located near Luverne, MN, was opened in 1998. It produces 21
million gallons of ethanol yearly. This plant is owned by a farmer cooperative, along with
other individual investors, totaling 196 members.. The farmer cooperative is Cornerstone
Cooperative, which was founded with 201 members from Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa. http://www.buycorn.com
Al-Corn
Clean Fuel, located near Claremont MN. The plant is owned by 355 local farmers
and investors. Production started in 1996 with 28 employees. Originally the plant
was able to produce 10 million gallons of ethanol, and now produces 30 million gallons of
ethanol yearly. http://www.al-corn.com
Badger
State Ethanol is located near Monroe Wis. The farmer (61%) and investor owned plant
started production mid- October 2002 and is producing 40 million gallons or more of
ethanol and 128,000 tons of distillers grains each year. http://www.badgerstateethanol.com
Big River
Resources, LLC is
located near West Burlington, IA. This plant will produce 40 million gallons of ethanol
when construction is completed in spring 2004.
Central
Illinois Energy Cooperative is located near Canton IL. This
plant will use 11 million bushels of corn to produce 30 million gallons of ethanol when
construction is completed in 2004. http:// www.centralillinoisenergy.com/
Central
Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative is located near Little Falls, MN. This
New Generation Cooperative has 820 members. Production began in March 1999. Yearly ethanol
production is 22 million gallons per year. CMEC purchases approximately 7.5 million
bushels of corn per year from a 80 mile radius. http://www.centralmnethanol.com
Chippewa
Valley Ethanol, LLC
is located near Benson, MN. The plant began production in 1996, with over 850 shareholders
made up of producers, elevators and local investors. They produce 42 million gallons of
ethanol yearly. http://www.cvec.com.
Commonwealth
Agri-Energy, LLC,
located near Hopkinsville, KY, will produce 20 million gallons of ethanol when the plant
is completed. This plant is owned by Hopkinsville Grain Cooperative. Completion is
scheduled for Spring 2004.
Cornhusker
Energy Lexington, LLC,
is located near Lexington, NE. This plant is still under construction, but opening is
planned for June 2004. It will produce 42 million gallons when in full production. The
typical level of investment for a 40 million gallon facility is about $50 million. It will
employ 30+ individuals, will have an annual payroll exceeding $1 million, and will process
about 15 million bushels of corn annually.
Corn Plus
is located near Winnebago, MN started production in 1994, currently producing 44 million
gallons of ethanol annually. Corn Plus is a farmer-owned cooperative with 750 members.
Dakota
Ethanol, LLC, located near Wentworth, SD, began operation in 2001. The cost of the
ethanol project was $40 million. Operating as a New Generation Cooperative with 900
members, they produce 47 million gallons of ethanol annually. The plant employees 35
people. http://www.dakotaethanol.com.
DENCO,
LLC, (Diversified Energy Co., LLC) located near Morris MN, produces 20 million gallons
of ethanol annually. This New Generation Cooperative started production in 1999 and have
345 members.
Ethanol
2000 LLP, located near
Bingham Lake, MN, opened in 1997, is a limited liability partnership that was
formed by Southwest Minnesota Agrifuels Cooperative and Broin Enterprises, Inc. This New
Generation Cooperative has 241 members. Each member of the cooperative had to purchase a
minimum of 5000 shares of stock in the cooperative at $2.00 per share for a minimum
investment of $10,000. Members are obligated to deliver 1 bushel of corn per share to the
plant annually. The $19 million( $17.5 million for plant, $1.5 million for start up costs)
plant was originally designed to produce 11,500,000 gallons of ethanol per year using
4,259,259 bushels of corn. Twenty-eight new jobs were created, and the economic impact
being generated was approximately $7.5 million.
Expansion
to the plant was started in 1999, and finished in less than a year. The
total ethanol produced per year is now 30 million gallons. The plant
consumption of corn rose to 11 million bushels. http://www.ethanol2000.com A
case study on Ethanol 2000LLP can be found at: http://www.farmprofitability.org/research/agrifuels/agrifuels.htm
Glacial
Lakes Energy, LLC is
located near Watertown, SD. They started production in 2002 and are currently producing 45
million gallons of ethanol. GLE consumes more than 14 million bushels of corn per year.
GLCP is a South Dakota Cooperative comprised over 825 members who have invested in Glacial
Lakes Energy, LLC. They employ 36 people. http://www.glaciallakesenergy.com
Golden
Cheese Company of California, located near Corona CA,
produces 5 million gallons of ethanol from cheese whey.
http://www.goldencheese.com
Golden
Grain Energy, LLC,
is located near Mason City IA. This plant, owned by 500 farmers, is currently under
construction. It will process 15 million bushels of corn into 40 million gallons of
ethanol and 120,000 tons of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) annually. The
plant will create 32 new jobs with a $1.7 million annual payroll. Ethanol production is
scheduled to begin in March 2005. The increase of corn price to the farmers should
increase local farm income more than $6.5 million. It is projected that total plant
operations will add $50 to $60 million in new economic activity for the region.
Golden
Triangle Energy Cooperative is located near Craig MO. This plant
is currently under construction. The plant will utilize approximately 6 million bushels of
corn and milo to make 14 million gallons of ethanol. The plant will employ 32 people. http://www.goldentriangleenergy.com/
Great
Plains Ethanol, LLC is
located near Chancellor SD. The plant opened for production in 2003. It produces 40
million gallons of ethanol using 15 million bushels of
corn.
Heartland
Corn Products, located near Winthrop MN is a farmer owned cooperative with 692
members. Production started in 1995. Production was expanded in 2000 from 15 million
gallons 35 million gallons of ethanol annually.
Heartland
Grain Fuels, LP, is
located in Aberdeen, SD and Huron, SD. The combined plants produce 22 million gallons of
ethanol yearly.
Husker
Ag, LLC is located near Plainview NE. There were over 500 investors in the plant. The plant began production in 2003 and is buying
approximately 8 million bushels of corn to produce 20 million gallons of ethanol annually.
The plant created 29 new jobs. http://www.huskerag.com.
Iowa
Ethanol, LLC is located near Hanlontown, IA. This plant is currently being built. It
will produce 45 million gallons of ethanol yearly using 16 million bushels of corn. It
will employ 35-40 people. The cost is approximately $60 million. The plant should be ready
for production by July 2004. This is the 15th ethanol plant to be built in
Iowa.
KAAPA
Ethanol, LLC is located near Axtell, NE,
is under construction and is expected to be in operation in Feb 2004. The plant will
process 16 million bushels of corn to produce 40 million gallons of ethanol yearly. The
plant is expected to employ 32 people. http://www.kaapaethanol.com
Land O’Lakes is located near Melrose, MN this
plant uses cheese whey to produce 3 million gallons of ethanol.
Lincolnland
Agri-Energy, LLC, located
in Robinson, Ill, is owned by 454 farmers. The plant
produces 40 million gallons ethanol early. The project is to be completed by summer 2004.
The plant will use about 16 million bushels of corn a year and employ 38 people
Little Sioux Corn Processors, LP, is located near
Marcus IA. Opened in 2003, this farmer owned plant processes 16 million bushels of corn to
produce 40 million gallons of ethanol annually. Little
Sioux Corn Processors brings a $52 million investment and 29 new jobs to the area.
Midwest
Grain Processors,
located near Lakota, Iowa. Production started in 2002. Annual ethanol production
is 45 million gallons using 15 million bushels of corn. . The plant employs
approximately 48 employees. MGP is one of the largest farmer-owned ethanol
plants in the country. http://www.mgpethanol.com/
Mid
Missouri Energy LLC,
located near Malta Bend, MO broke ground in the fall of 2003. The 720 farmer-owned
facility will process 15 million bushels of corn into 40 million gallons of ethanol
annually. The plant will employ 35 people. The plant is scheduled for a 2005 opening. http://www.midmissourienergy.com
Minnesota
Energy is located near Buffalo Lake, MN. The plant began production in 1997, producing
19 million gallons of ethanol annually. This
New Generation Cooperative has 325 members.
Northeast
Iowa Grain Processors
located near Earlville, IA began production in 2003. They are producing 15 million gallons
of ethanol annually.
Northeast
Missouri Grain, LLC
is located near Macon MO. Production started in 2000 with annual production at 20 million
gallons per year. http://www.nemog.com/
Northern
Lights Ethanol, LLC
is located near Big Stone City, SD. It is jointly owned by Northern Growers Cooperative
and Broin & Associates. Northern Growers Cooperative consists of 650 member
shareholders. The equity drive raised 14.7 million of the $48 million cost of the project. NLE started production in 2002. The plant produces
45 million gallons of ethanol annually using 14.3 million bushels of corn. The plant
employees 34 people http://www.northernlightsethanol.com/
Otter Creek Ethanol, LLC is located near Ashton, IA.
The plant is scheduled to open August 2004. The plant will produce 45 million gallons of
ethanol using 16 million bushels of corn. The majority of this plant is owned by farmers.
Pine Lake
Corn Processors, LLC,
located near Steamboat, IA have 350 members/investors. They expect to start production in
fall 2004. The plant will produce 30 gallons of ethanol yearly.
Platte
Valley Fuel Ethanol LLC, located near Central City NE, will
produce 40 million gallons of ethanol yearly. The plant is expected to open spring 2004.
Pro Corn
LLC is located near Preston, MN. Production started in 1998 with production level at
15 million gallons of ethanol annually, an expansion in brought the total production to 40
million gallons. This is primarily a farmer owned cooperative with 159 members.
Quad
County Corn Processors located near Galva, IA is producing
18 million gallons of ethanol per year. The QCCPC has over 416 members.
It is organized and operated on a cooperative basis as a producer of ethanol from corn. The plant started production in 2002 using over 6.8
million bushels of corn per year. http://www.quad-county.com.
Siouxland
Energy & Livestock Cooperative is located near Sioux Center IA.
This plant began production in 2001 and produces 14 million gallons of ethanol annually. http://www.selc1.com
Sioux
River Ethanol, LLC
is located near Hudson SD. The plant is expected to begin production in Spring 2004. The
plant will produce 45 million gallons of ethanol yearly. The LLC is made up of 500
investors, mainly farmers.
Tall Corn
Ethanol, Farmer owned, is located near Coon Rapids, IA The plant produces 40 million
gallons of ethanol yearly.
Tri-State
Ethanol Company,
farmer owned, is located near Rosholt, SD. The plant produces 15 million gallons of
ethanol yearly.
United
Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, will be located near Friesland, WI.
The facility will produce 40 million gallons of ethanol. There are 745 farmer/investors. A
2004/5 opening is expected.
Western
Plains Energy, LLC
is located near Campus KS. The plant is expected to start producing in summer 2004. The
plant will produce 45 million gallons of ethanol using corn and grain sorghum.
Farmer
owned Ethanol Facilities in production or construction now/will
produce a total of 4,745 million gallons of ethanol per year. The
total ethanol production is currently 6,770 million gallons per
year.
Source:
Renewable Fuels Association Website: http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/locations/
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