We're one of the largest producers of ethanol and biodiesel in the United States. We manufacture ethanol at two production facilities in the heart of the cornbelt: Eddyville, Iowa; and Blair, Nebraska. We make biodiesel from a brand new facility (opened May 2006) in Iowa Falls, Iowa that has a 37.5 million gallon annual production capacity with soybean oil as the primary feedstock.
ChemSol Biodiesel
Larry Zilverberg
601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Easy Energy Systems, an affiliate of Easy Automation, Inc. (EAI), specializes in the manufacture and support of Modular Ethanol Production Systems (MEPS).
FUMPA BioFuels
Charles Neece
540 W. Park Road
Redwood Falls, MN 56283
The Minnesota Soybean Processors biodiesel plant in Brewster, MN has a 30 million gallon annual production capacity with soybean oil as the primary feedstock.
SoyMor Biodiesel, LLC has a production plant in Minnesota with an annual production capacity of 30 million gallons using soybean oil as the primary feedstock.
Waukesha Engine is a leading manufacturer of stationary natural gas, methane, and biogas powered engines. DTE Energy provides comprehensive application engineering services to help ensure systems are configured to each customer's specific requirements and energy objectives.
IEC produces and installs five types of floating modular covers for ponds and tanks. IEC's patented systems utilize a variety of geomembranes to provide a cost-effective solution to control problems with heat loss, odor, algae growth, and gas production in basins, ponds, lagoons, or tanks.
Rotochopper has grown and flourished in the forestry and recycling industries. In 1982 in St. Martin, Minnesota Fred Peltz of Peltz Manufacturing started building and selling farm equipment on his father's farm. About the same time 200 miles away Vince Hundt of Coon Valley, Wisconsin formed PCR Implement on his farm and began selling forestry equipment imported from Finland. Then in the late 1980's the arrival of government recycling mandates created a market for newspaper bedding systems. In 1988, PCR, Inc., was formed and was the first and only company to come up with a profitable turnkey system to make farm-sized bales of chopped paper for animal bedding. In 1990, PCR teamed with Peltz Manufacturing to design, build and market improved newspaper bedding systems under the name Rotochopper. These machines were very popular and successful and launched Rotochopper into the national market.
Since that time, Rotochopper has pioneered numerous innovations in the waste, forestry, pallet and recycling industries. In 1993, Rotochopper began selling the first horizontal grinding machine on the market designed specifically for the pallet industry. These machines have proven to be extremely durable and profitable. Almost every Rotochopper wood grinder, including the first one ever built, is still in service.
In 1997, Rotochopper introduced the first and only machine able to grind and color wood fiber in a single pass. This patented system remains the most efficient method of producing colored landscape mulch, and we now have scores of grind and color systems in pallet yards, mulch yards, and sawmills around the world.
The AgSTAR Program is a voluntary effort jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Energy. The program encourages the use of methane recovery (biogas) technologies at the confined animal feeding operations that manage manure as liquids or slurries. These technologies reduce methane emissions while achieving other environmental benefits.
Tim Goodman & Associates has experience in a variety of biomass projects, including green waste composting, food waste composting, and biomass-to-energy facilities. The company can provide feasibility studies for anaerobic digestion of animal waste at farms and feedlot operations, biogas system design, and vendor procurement assistance.
ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and is funded under a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Visit the NCAT Web site for more information on our sustainable agriculture projects.
