Didion Milling Completes Corn Oil Extraction System at Wisconsin Ethanol Plant; Value-Added Trend Spreads Across Domestic Industry

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Didion Milling Incorporated (Johnson Creek, Wisconsin) has completed the installation of a new corn oil extraction system at the company's fuel ethanol plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, a value-added trend that is taking place across the U.S. ethanol market. As corn prices continue to rise because of the high demand and a smaller annual crop, producers are looking to squeeze every bit of profit from each kernel.

Corn was trading at about $7.67 per bushel, almost double the price from last June. Corn acreage withered to less than 750 million bushels this year, compared to 1 billion bushels in 2009.

Corn oil from ethanol plants is used mainly for biodiesel production and feed markets, and the Didion plant is expected to extract 1 million gallons per year of oil from its 45 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant.

Leading ethanol producer POET LLC (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) also installed a corn oil extraction system at its plant in Hudson, North Dakota, and has plans to roll out system installations at 25 existing plants and projects. The plants could produce as much as 60 million gallons of oil annually.

Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated (NASDAQ:GPRE) (Omaha, Nebraska) is also jumping into the corn oil market with extraction system installations at its five plants. The company expects to produce anywhere from 70 million to 90 million gallons annually of corn oil.

Calgren Renewable Fuels LLC (Pixley, California) also has an extraction system at its 57 million-gallon-per-year plant that is expected to yield about 1.33 pounds of corn oil from every bushel processed.

Leading extraction technology providers include ICM Incorporated (Colwich, Kansas), Veridium and GreenShift Corporation (New York, New York).

Industrial Info's databases provide a comprehensive outline of all current development activities in the emerging alternative fuels market. Our North American Biodiesel Database covers 136 operational plants and 90 plants under development. Our North American Ethanol Database covers 214 plants currently in operation and 138 plants under various development phases. Our North American Wood Fuel Pellet Database includes 63 operational plants producing greater than 25,000 tons annually, and 38 projects under progress.

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