The most- eagerly awaited event in southwest Minnesota opened last fall to rave reviews. The new processing plant not only adds value to the local grain crop and improves prices for 201 area farmers, it also provides jobs for 28 local residents. This facility represents what can be achieved by having farmers, bankers, government officials, contractors, engineers, politicians and city officials all working together. The three owners are already seeing their investment perform better than expected. The outlook is bright.
People are excited.
The facility utilizes more than 5 million bushels of corn per year to produce 15 million gallons of ethanol. Without the new plant, Kolsrud says, the area would have seen depressed grain prices from a surplus of corn. The plant consumes 4.5 million bushels of corn a year. That's equal to 100 acres of corn per day. Additionally, the facility has helped local residents.