Monsanto, Cargill form joint venture to extract corn oil, improve ethanol efficiency, establish superior distiller’s grain brands

January 14, 2008

In Iowa, Monsanto and Cargill have joint ventured in a company called Renessen that will extract corn oil from corn kernels prior to conversion to ethanol. The Eddyville-based company said that the process will improve cycle time for ethanol production, produce a superior brand of distiller’s grains, and produce a corn oil product that will be refined by Cargill for use in food products. The livestock feed will be branded Epro for cattle and Ecorn for hogs.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News