Big Cargill corn plant feeds green economy By Christine Stebbins
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biorefinery-cargill/big-cargill-corn-plant-feeds-green-economy-idUSTRE68S4Y020100929 Big Cargill corn plant feeds green economy By Christine Stebbins 7 MIN READ BLAIR, Nebraska (Reuters) - From the road, an hour north of Omaha, the giant industrial plant looks like a typical oil refinery, sprawling over more than 600 acres with massive storage drums, miles of piping, clouds of steam and exhaust. But this refinery is tied more to corn oil than crude oil. It also presents visitors with an intriguing glimpse into what boosters like President Barack Obama call “the green economy,” an industrial base centered on renewable resources like crops and on products like ethanol and biofuels. With U.S. farmers now enjoying the best corn prices in two years amid worries about world crop failures, the plant is also a prime example of how demand for crops to replace petroleum-based products is not just enticing Wall Street but benefiting hard-hit rural ec