In Iowa, VeraSun Energy will officially commence production at a 100 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Dyersville. The plant was originally concieeved and planned by US BioEnergy, which merged with VeraSun earlier this year. VeraSun now owns 16 production facilities.
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