LOL Farmland Feed eyes ethanol co-products market - Newsline - Brief Article

Rural Cooperatives, Sept-Oct, 2003 by Patrick Duffey

Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed LLC is working with corn and livestock producers and numerous marketing initiatives to enhance profitability through marketing and sale of ethanol co-products. Distillers dried grain with solubles and wet distillers grain have been recognized as practical and cost-efficient feed supplements for cattle, swine and poultry. The market has materialized in the past three years. Ethanol production is expected to increase dramatically over the next 5 to 10 years.

In another development, the feed firm is planning to build a new, 300-cow dairy research facility at its center near Gray Summit, Mo. "It will go a long way in ensuring that we sustain our leadership in research and development," said Bob DeGregorio, president of the feed company. Construction should be completed by year's end. It will replace an existing dairy research unit at Gray Summit plus facilities at Fort Dodge, Iowa.