Distiller Grains Monthly

July 5, 2011

Xylitol breakthrough discussed at FEW conference Food science polyols are a $1.5 billion market, according to David Demirjian, president and CEO of zuChem Inc. Demirjian spoke at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis about his company's work to break into that mega market. READ MORE SHARE
FEW: The time has finally come for dry fractionation Integration of fractionation technologies has long been discussed as an opportunity for the industry to diversify its product streams and add to bottom lines, but years of anticipation have given way to little acceptance from dry mill plants at best. READ MORE SHARE
	FEW: 'Feed is food' cautions panel The Food Safety Modernization Act is changing how ethanol producers do business, and it's shifting focus on just being fuel producers that incidentally make a feed coproduct, to being fuel and food producers. "Feed is food," said Matt Gibson of ICM. READ MORE SHARE
FEW: Zhang: 'Monitor your corn' to control DDGS mycotoxin levels Yhanhong Zhang, assistant director with the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, presented survey results on DDGS contaminants at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis. READ MORE SHARE
FEW: ICM Inc. announces oil separation system ICM announced that it has obtained signed contracts for the manufacture and installation of its patent-pending, next-generation Advanced Oil System (AOS), a trademarked product, at four plants. READ MORE SHARE
ADM's Decatur facility to produce more lysine, threonine A plan to produce more lysine and threonine, both amino acids, at Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s plant in Decatur, Ill., won't mean changes on the ethanol side. READ MORE SHARE
Iowa ethanol plant gets grant for bolt-on cellulosic facility Quad County Corn Processors, Galva, Iowa, received a $1.45 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund to assist in constructing a bolt-on cellulosic production facility that could increase the 30 MMgy plant's yield by 2.5 MMgy. READ MORE SHARE
DDGS workshop impresses Canadian buyers The U.S. Grains Council's seminar on using DDGS in feedlot cattle rations drew an exceptionally large audience and "fantastic feedback," according to Neil Campbell, the USGC's Canadian representative READ MORE SHARE