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January 17th, 2007

Audio - Why farmers like corn better than soybeans

Posted by: Nicole Volpe
Tags: Biofuel, Summit

soy.jpgVerasun Chairman and CEO Don Endres says he doesn’t see soybeans taking the lead from corn in production of biofuel, despite the high prices of corn.

“From a farmer perspective … the economic benefit, in most cases … a corn acre is a better acre,” he said. “We looked at the biodiesel model for soybean based plants, their margins are very tight today.”

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