Iowa Ethanol Firsts
While POET built the first free-standing cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, this farmer-owned ethanol plant in northwest Iowa produced the state’s first ever gallon of commercial scale cellulosic ethanol in 2014.
What is Quad County Corn Processors?
This is the number of big green Iowa Corn buckets that will be awarded to youth livestock exhibitors this summer
What is 3,100?
This country was the highest value market for U.S. beef exports in 2021 and is currently on record pace in 2022 to be the highest value single-year U.S. beef destination of all-time.
What is Korea?
The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included significant funding for inland waterways that will result in $732 million of investment in this crucial dam on the Upper Mississippi River.
What is Lock & Dam 25?
These are the two international-trade focused organizations in which Iowa Corn invests significant dollars.
What is U.S. Meat Export Federation and U.S. Grains Council?
He was the first U.S. president to hold an official presidential event at an Iowa ethanol plant.
Who is Donald J. Trump?
A major livestock topic in 2022, it may be abbreviated by the acronym HPAI.
What is Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza?
This country recently suspended its 18% tariff on U.S. ethanol imports to combat fuel price inflation.
What is Brazil?
Cargill Eddyville recently broke ground on a $300 million facility to produce a corn-based version of this chemical that can be found in yoga pants, Under Armour, watch bands, and golf balls.
What is 1,4 butanediol?
This corn, soybean and livestock producer is the incoming Chair of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
Who is Dean Meyer?
This former Iowa Corn leader is credited with pumping the state’s first tank of ethanol in Clarence, Iowa, in 1978.
Who is Thurman Gaskill?
This is the name of the Iowa Turkey Federation’s quarterly magazine.
What is Turkey Talks?
This country is currently the leading market for U.S. corn export sales in 2022.
What is Mexico?
Daily Double! This co-product of the ethanol production process serves as a highly desirable and highly lucrative low carbon intensity feedstock for biomass-based diesel on the West Coast.
What is distillers corn oil?
The “Clean Air for Iowa” campaign is a biofuel promotion partnership initiated by Iowa Corn and this national organization.
What is the American Lung Association?
The first continuously operating dry mill ethanol plant in Iowa, this biorefinery is also well connected with a prominent Iowa Corn leader.
What is Siouxland Energy Cooperative?
This was the nickname of the Iowa Corn-sponsored steer shown in the 2021 Governor’s Charity Steer Show.
What is Cornivore?
The most recent U.S. Grains Council trade team to visit Iowa originated from this country.
What is Panama?
The Iowa Biofuels Access Bill was supplemented by $10 million in funding for this highly successful state program to expand the use and availability of higher biofuel blends.
What is the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program?
These are the two bovine organizations in the state with whom Iowa Corn partners.
What are the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and the Iowa Beef Industry Council?
The first registered E15 station in Iowa opened in this county on September 16, 2012.
What is Linn County?
The approximate average weight of a cow tongue.
What is about 3 pounds?
This South American country’s demand for U.S. pork grew from $20 million in 2010 to $258 million in 2021.
What is Colombia?
This unique category of animal protein products, which does not originate from a standard muscle, provided over $2 billion of export demand for U.S. red meat producers in 2021.
What are variety meats?
The joint Iowa State Fair Parade float that Iowa Corn and Iowa Turkey Federation co-sponsored last year featured sixth-generation Iowa family farmers Ron and Susie Kardel and this feathered fowl superstar.
What is the Presidentially Pardoned Turkey named “Corn?”