LOCAL ETHANOL PRODUCTION
The CEO of a Marcus-area ethanol plant says they’ve been able to weather the pandemic and remain a vibrant business.
Steve Roe, the CEO of Little Sioux Corn Processors, says covid created conditions where production levels rose and fell.
But they bounced back.
Plants in other parts of the country had a tougher go.
Production levels at Little Sioux recovered, just not to pre-covid levels.
That’s because the pandemic caused a change in fuel consumption patterns.
Roe says the current move by midwest Congressmen to allow E-15 sales year round affects retailers more than ethanol producers. Allowing year round E-15 sales will act to encourage more retailers to invest in expanding E-15 sales.
