At Iams visitors will view the manufacturing process from beginning to end and look at how products are received, stored and transferred. Nebraska Energy Aurora's Ethanol Plant. It is a dry-mill plant that began production in 1995. Visitors will watch a 10 minute video at the Edgerton Center that explains the ethanol process and then view the ethanol facility in a bus tour. The tour guide will not take visitors inside the facility for safety reasons, but will take visitors around the outside facility to explain the process.
Ethanol is used in unleaded gasoline and as a by-product for cattle feed.
Grain Place Foods Inc. See how grains are cleaned, conditioned and packaged for market use. Grain Place Foods is a family owned company near Marquette, NE and is a certified organic farm producing organically grown grains, beans and seeds. They process a full line of cereal grains and popcorn, and custom manufacture specialty ingredients for companies. Limited to 25 students. The Waste Treatment Plant in Aurora Learn about the residential and industrial waste treatment in Aurora.