Aug. 30, 2007: Co. Aims to Squeeze More Fuel From Corn

An ethanol company based in South Dakota plans to expand its Iowa-based ethanol plant to include the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Forbes
Co. Aims to Squeeze More Fuel From Corn
Associated Press
By Dirk Lammers
Aug. 30, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/30/ap4069083.html

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A South Dakota company that has been making ethanol from corn for more than 20 years says its cellulosic ethanol research should allow it to squeeze 27 percent more fuel from each acre of the crop.

Poet, a privately owned ethanol producer, plans to expand its dry-mill ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to produce alternative fuel not only from corn kernels, but also the cobs and stalks normally left behind in the fields.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said there's only so much ethanol that can be made from corn starch, and the obvious next step is to look at other feedstocks.