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1. At least it isn't like the Golden Guernsey plant here in WI.

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 08:49 PM

Feb 2013

They just walked in, announced the plant was closing, and had everyone escorted out.
No warning whatsoever and the workers are screwed.

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AGP closes corn processing plant in Hastings (NE) [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2013 OP

At least it isn't like the Golden Guernsey plant here in WI. Archae Feb 2013 #1

Cool..I hated Hastings shitty town. Awful people. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #2

Really? ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2013 #3

---sorry about the jobs but jerseyjack Feb 2013 #5

Exactly.. sendero Feb 2013 #6

the last time I tried to grow gasoline, it didn't go very well :( Sunlei Feb 2013 #8

And you will do even worse.. sendero Feb 2013 #9

Wow... sendero Feb 2013 #11

Yep, battery really is the way to go IMO. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #27

Ethanol CONSUMES more energy than it produces BlueStreak Feb 2013 #26

I agree corn for ethynol was always a scam for agribusiness. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #15

a 43 employee mill? why doen't the town just buy the mill from AG? Sunlei Feb 2013 #7

Average yield is 130 bushels per acre, not 300 NickB79 Feb 2013 #19

Like I said, 300 bushels per acre is if you do EVERYTHING just right NickB79 Feb 2013 #28

STOCKTON CALIFORNIA ETHANOL PLANT IS OPERATING AGAIN ROBROX Feb 2013 #13

Temporary BlueSpot Feb 2013 #14

I simply cannot support converting food to fuel cosmicone Feb 2013 #17

Ethanol industry poised for surge in fuel made from crop waste Omaha Steve Feb 2013 #18

Oh goody, strip-mining the soil to a whole new level NickB79 Feb 2013 #21

Nevertheless cosmicone Feb 2013 #24

#2 corn is used in animal feeds cosmicone Feb 2013 #29

It's cheaper to make ethanol from natural gas than from corn. FarCenter Feb 2013 #20

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