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CNN Covers Nebraska Ethanol Industry

CNN “State of the Union” host and chief national correspondent John King took a refreshingly in-depth and positive look at the state of the ethanol industry in Nebraska over the weekend.

According to CNN, King “goes outside the Beltway to report on issues affecting communities across the country” and his report about ethanol in the Cornhusker State took him from the combine on a farm in Fort Calhoun, to the Advanced BioEnergy ethanol plant in Fairmont, where he stood on a mound of dried distillers grains with ABE Plant Manager Grant Johanson.

The headline for the story was especially gratifying - “Ethanol keeps Nebraska running in tough financial times.” Here’s a nice quote from the article:

In Washington, ethanol is a source of controversy, with many lawmakers arguing it is an industry unfairly propped up by generous federal subsidies. To Nebraska, however, it is the direct source of roughly 1,000 jobs at ethanol production plants across the state, many of them located in small towns where those 40 to 50 plant jobs are the local gold standard.

Pretty positive piece overall for the corn ethanol industry. Read the whole article here.