Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance

Badger State Ethanol, a founding member of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, was honored by Governor Doyle on Tuesday at the 43rd annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference in Milwaukee.  

Badger State, which operates a 50 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Monroe, received the Governor's Export Achievement award for its contribution to the state's international trade.  Currently, Badger State ships 5,000 tons of dried distillers grains (DDGs) overseas every month.  

Sanimax Energy, a founding member of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance (WBIA), shipped off its first load of biodiesel yesterday to Progressive Farmers Cooperative in Northeast Wisconsin. 

Sanimax currently operates the state's first large-scale biodiesel plant in DeForest, which came online in April.  The plant has a capacity of 20 million gallons per year.

The shipment represents the first large-scale load of biodiesel to be distributed in Wisconsin.

BEST Energies, also a founding member of the WBIA, is currently constructing an 8 million gallon per year biodiesel facility in Cashton.

The US Department of Agriculture's chief economist said last week that a jump in corn-based ethanol production next year will not raise food prices enough to harm consumers, according to a recent story by the Associated Press.

He notes that a 7% increase in food prices this year have been largely due to inclement weather and low levels of Australian wheat crops, amongst other factors, rather than increased ethanol production.

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