Distiller Grains Monthly - February 7, 2012

February 7, 2012

Poet targets dairy market with low-fat DDGS Poet LLC is upping its stake in the dairy feed market with the introduction of Dakota Gold Low Fat dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), which research is showing can be fed to dairy cattle at a higher inclusion rate than traditional DDGS. READ MORE SHARE
Low-oil DDGS become increasingly available Of the roughly 200 corn dry mills that produce ethanol, about 90 have oil extraction capabilities, and 105 plants will by this summer. On a production basis, about 40 percent of DDGS produced today is low-oil, and 58 percent will be soon. READ MORE SHARE
	Construction of five-acre algae farm begins at ethanol plant BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy formally broke ground Feb. 1 on a five-acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains' 65 MMgy ethanol plant near Shenandoah, and should be complete in the fall. READ MORE SHARE
Ethanol, DDGS shipments add up to record year for port The Ports of Indiana is pointing to ethanol and distillers grains shipments as the biggest reason for an increase in cargo. Together, the three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan handled 8.1 million tons of cargo in 2011. READ MORE SHARE
Researcher sees DDGS as potential savior of U.S. shrimp industry A Texas A&M University System researcher has identified distillers grains and the domestic shrimp industry as excellent bedfellows. Studies show DDGS can replace 20 percent of shrimp feed, which is very expensive. READ MORE SHARE
DDGS exports drop overall, exports to China cut in half Exports of DDGS are expected to reach 7.72 million metric tons by the end 2011, down from the record 9.03 million metric tons exported in 2010, although up from the 2009 total, which was 5.65 million metric tons. READ MORE SHARE
MGP, KABB, Kan. universities forge biorefining R&D collaboration The Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy has teamed up with Atchison, Kan.-based MGP Ingredients Inc. and four Kansas universities to develop innovative technologies and bioproducts using biobased raw materials. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo signs iDGs offtake with nation's largest feed producer Gevo has signed an offtake and marketing agreement with Land O'Lakes Purina Feed for isobutanol coproducts, dried and modified wet distillers grains, produced at a former corn ethanol plant in Luverne, Minn. READ MORE SHARE
Feeders explore implications of low-fat distillers grains As ethanol producers look to corn oil extraction as a new revenue stream, more of the distillers grains sold to feeders will have reduced levels of fat, a consequence that could be good or bad for animal producers, depending on the animal type. READ MORE SHARE