date:Jun 13, 2012
nol makers are pushing regulatory changes to increase ethanol's share of the U.S. gasoline supply, and are also looking to exports, which surged last year to a record 1.2 billion gallons. Still, domestically, you won't see the massive supply growth you've seen, said Todd Becker, chief executive of Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., one of the largest U.S. ethanol producers.
The slowdown has been jarring, especially on the edges of the corn belt. About two dozen workers at an ethanol plant in S