(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.)Ethanol companies, including the nation's second largest producer, are learning some difficult lessons about the downside of commodities hedging. With slim profit margins already w...READ MORE

(DENVER)BioFuel Energy Corp. said Wednesday that ethanol production has begun at new plants in Nebraska and Minnesota. The facilities in Wood River, Neb., and Fairmont, Minn., will have th...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of large ethanol producers rose Wednesday after one company raised the amount of newly built capacity it will keep idle to 330 million gallons per year.READ MORE

(BROOKINGS, S.D.)Corn ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. on Wednesday raised to three the number of newly built production facilities whose startup is being delayed due to "volatility in the mar...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Corn prices climbed higher Tuesday, staying in record territory after the government said flooding had swallowed nearly 10 percent of corn crops in Iowa, the largest U.S. grower.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Record-high corn prices, among other market conditions, have ethanol producers slowing expansion and analysts crunching numbers to find the industry's break-even point.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Floods that have inundated the Midwest could reduce world corn supplies and drive food prices higher at a time when Americans are already stretching their grocery budgets and peopl...READ MORE