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EMMETSBURG, IOWA - Each fall in corn country, big combines prowl through the fields, stripping the valuable kernels from ears and spitting out bits of cornstalk, leaves and empty cobs.The residue, which used to lie on the ground and rot, has become a money crop for the next generation of biofuel.Poet LLC, the nation’s leading ethanol producer, says it is determined to open a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in 2013 next to its existing corn-ethanol plant in this northern Iowa community. The $250 million project could be the first such plant in the nation. Last month, the U.S. Energy Department conditionally committed to a $105 million loan guarantee for it."The technology is there -- it is definitely to the point where we can build the best-in-class plant, and the trick is getting these plants up,” said Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, which represents many of the approximately dozen U.S. companies working to commercialize cellulosic ethanol.

Three attendees and an exhibitor tell what brings them back to Expo.

Farmers from Egypt, China, the UK and Peru tell why they come to Expo.

July Class 3 milk prices have reached an all-new level, beating the previous record set in July 2007.

USDA announced the July Class III minimum price at $21.39/cwt.—breaking the record by a penny set in July 2007.

With the political mood in Washington focused on cutting federal programs, it’s imperative to get dairy economic safety net reforms done right, says this California dairy leader.

Rabobank research shows California dairies, processors uniquely positioned to capitalize on growing global demand.

Tour teams dairy farmers and Easton Hamlin, 14-year-old country musician.

Darigold, Inc.'s Board of Directors has selected Jim Wegner to succeed retiring John Underwood as President and CEO of Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) and Darigold. The selection was announced to the organization’s approximately 550 member-owners and 1,600 employees on Friday, July 29. Wegner, previously Darigold’s Senior Vice President of Technical Services, assumed his new role on August 1. Underwood will serve as Special Executive to the Board of Directors and will assist with the transition.

“This amounts to an unexpected, unfair and unwarranted tax on dairy producers.”