Sugar rush at ethanol plant fuels fight with Nebraska corn farmers
date:Jul 17, 2014
uring Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s.

Aventine chief executive Mark Beemer said the farmers' coop was being short sighted in suing the company. We've been very blunt. This is just a very short-term pathway to get the plant open and then convert back to corn ethanol, he said.

CORN VS. SUGAR

The rare intersection of the two farm programs in Aurora illustrates the unintended impact federal farm subsidies can have on market activity.

One such initiative, the Feedstock Flexibility Program, la
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