Click here to listen to Vince McCabe’s interview with Farm Bureau A couple of ethanol companies in Western Illinois are teaming up to protect the interests of the alternative energy industry. Jim Taylor reports…… Patriot Renewable Fuels and Big River Resources are hosting a showing of the of the pro-ethanol documentary Freedom later this month [...]
Americans content with perpetual campaigning, threats of environmental doom, soaring energy costs, or dependence on foreign oil stay home. Americans seeking an opportunity to make a difference instead of a grumble, join us. Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC, in conjunction with the American Lung Association of IL, and Big Rivers Resources, is pleased to announce the [...]
Annawan, IL – Four years ago, Jones and Coontz Company, a division of Dekalb Feeds, Inc., was hauling 350 loads a month of co-products like corn syrup, gluten feed, soybean meal, corn fines, and dried distillers grains (DDG’s). This month, that figure will be closer to 600 loads. Doug Doran, a broker for Jones and [...]
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”—Mark Twain Sadly, it is not always the facts themselves that control the actual message received by the masses. This is not a new phenomenon in our world, yet it seems that more often the message we accept is controlled by [...]
With the combination of escalating prices of both corn and oil, the “Food Vs. Fuel” debate has once more put ethanol production in the spotlight. However, Iowa Corn Growers Association, RFA, and Growth Energy have released important studies recently about just how exaggerated, or in some cases factually inaccurate, the role of ethanol production has [...]
Since that fateful February day in 2001, with the death of Dale Earnhardt on that final lap, many novice NASCAR fans have struggled to find a rooting interest in the multi-sponsored arena of NASCAR racing. On February 9th of this year, corn farmers and ethanol producers, at least, may have found one: Clint Bowyer. On [...]
Decision will strengthen America’s National Security, Create Jobs Annawan, IL – Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC applauded a decision announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to raise the amount of ethanol from E10 to E15 for all vehicles built in the last decade. Gene Griffith, President/CEO said, “the move will help to create U.S. [...]
Annawan, IL – Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC is pleased to announce its participation in the 2011 Quad City Farm Show, January 16-18. With 110,000 Illinois farmers located within100 miles of the QCCA Expo Center, Patriot foresees a perfect opportunity to showcase our state of the art facility and discuss the changing landscape of ethanol usage, [...]
PATRIOT RENEWABLE FUELS, LLC ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION IN “BUSHELS FOR HUNGER” Annawan, IL – There are a number of descriptions for autumn, but maybe nothing captures the essence of the harvest like the Keats’s phrase ”Summer has o’er-brimmed.” In that spirit of abundance, 1ST Farm Credit Services, Henry County Farm Bureau, and Henry County Pork Producers [...]
