HomeUnit TradingCareersIndustry LinksContact ABOUT EKAE GRAIN DISTILLERS GRAINS ETHANOL RENEWABLE DIESEL COMMUNITY MEDIA & NEWS MEMBERS GARNETT FIRM RECOGNIZED FOR SAFETY BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Posted May 7, 2015. TOPEKA – East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC of Garnett, an ethanol plant with 33 employees, was recognized by the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) for its excellent workplace safety record with a KSafe award. The award acknowledges the more than 100,000 employee hours worked there without a lost-time accident. The company will receive a certificate from the KDOL Industrial Safety and Health Division. CONTINUE READING EPA RECOGNIZES TWO ETHANOL FACILITIES IN IOWA AND KANSAS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL ENERGY SAVINGS Posted May 6, 2015. EPA Recognizes Two Ethanol Facilities in Iowa and Kansas that Demonstrate Exceptional Energy Savings (Kansas City, Kan., June 17, 2008) – EPA has recognized POET Biorefining in Ashton, Iowa and East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC in Garnett, Kan. for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Energy Star awards were given to these facilities at the 24th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo in Nashville, Tenn. CONTINUE READING SAMPLE PLANT NEWS 1 Posted March 5, 2015. sample content here CONTINUE READING EKAE ANNOUNCES RENEWABLE DIESEL PROJECT Posted July 24, 2014. (July 23, 2014) GARNETT, KS—East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC (EKAE) has announced its intent to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas. Renewable diesel will be made from the corn distillers oil (CDO) already produced at the plant along with other feedstocks purchased on the market. CONTINUE READING 2013 ANNUAL MEETING Posted August 10, 2013. Please note the East Kansas Agri-Energy¹s annual meeting for all unit holders will be held at the Anderson County JR/SR High School in Garnett, Kansas, on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. with lunch to follow. If you are a unit holder, please plan to attend to receive an update on EKAE’s business and to interact with your board, management and staff. CONTINUE READING EKAE PLANT TO RESTART OPERATIONS IN SEPTEMBER WITH NEW CEO ON BOARD Posted August 6, 2013. GARNETT, KS—The Board of Directors at East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC has announced that the ethanol plant will re-open in September. The Board has also announced the appointment of a new CEO for the company. The EKAE plant will begin receiving corn on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, and will begin plant operations on September 16. Some two dozen employees are expected to return to work as a result. The EKAE plant was temporarily shut down in 2012 in response to the effect of the drought on corn price and availability. The shutdown was hailed by others in the ethanol industry as a prudent and courageous move—a decision that enabled EKAE to preserve capital and unit value. CONTINUE READING EAST KANSAS AGRI-ENERGY TO HALT PRODUCTION Posted August 10, 2012. GARNETT, KS — East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC in Garnett, KS recently announced plans to temporarily suspend production operations beginning October 1, 2012. The company cited the prolonged drought conditions as having a negative impact on availability of corn and rising feedstock prices as the main reason for the halt of production. Additionally the demand for gasoline is down resulting in surplus ethanol stocks. These challenges led to the Company to reduced plant production capacity by 20 percent on April 1, 2012. CONTINUE READING 2012 ANNUAL MEETING Posted August 9, 2012. Please note the East Kansas Agri-Energy’s annual meeting for all unit holders will be held at the Anderson County JR/SR High School in Garnett, Kansas, on Saturday, August 18, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. with lunch to follow. If you are a unit holder, please plan to attend to receive an update on EKAE’s business and to interact with your board, management and staff. CONTINUE READING FIRST STATION IN THE NATION OFFERS E15 IN KANSAS Posted July 12, 2012. (July 11, 2012) Lawrence, KS – For the first time in nearly three decades, American drivers can now choose a new fueling option at the pump. The nation’s first E15 (15 percent ethanol/85 percent gasoline) gallons are being sold at the Zarco 66 “Oasis” station at 1500 E. 23rd Street in Lawrence, KS. A formal grand opening for the pumps will occur Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Plans to offer E15 at the nation’s second retail station, the Zarco 66 at 2518 E. Logan (intersection of I-35 and HWY 68) in Ottawa, KS, are nearly complete with an announcement coming soon. CONTINUE READING FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING HELD AT EKAE Posted June 12, 2012. Reports show that 94 percent of all fires are able to be extinguished with a hand held fire extinguisher. That means if you are trained you have a large advantage over the untrained person and are more likely able to properly extinguish the fire. Twenty-three East Kansas Agri-Energy employees were trained on May 22 by Ray Bellinger of Heartland Fire and Safety on the mechanics of the use of a fire extinguisher. For some it was the first time they had ever used an extinguisher. Each employee was then allowed the opportunity to extinguish a fire-fueled by diesel and E-10. 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