Ethanol

Let ExxonMobil know how ethanol "fuels you"

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Want a chance to win $1,000 in free fuel and let one of the world’s largest oil companies know how important homegrown renewable fuels like ethanol are to you?

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Why was Big Oil out in full force attacking ethanol and the RFS this week?

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Big Oil is out in full force this week attacking homegrown biofuels like ethanol and calling for an end to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

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Win a 20-game Twins season ticket package from the MN Corn Growers

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The Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) has partnered with Aaron Gleeman and John Bonnes of the popular “Gleeman & the Geek” Minnesota Twins podcast to give away a 20-game Twins season tickets package and connect with consumers about homegrown ethanol fuel.

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E85 often gives drivers more bang for their buck than regular gasoline

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If you fill up with E85 (a blend of 85 percent homegrown ethanol and 15 percent regular gasoline), you’re often getting more bang for your buck.

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Study: Ethanol industry added $52.7 billion to national GDP in 2014

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A new study from ABF Economics on behalf of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) concluded that the ethanol industry added $52.7 billion to the national Gross Domestic Prodcut (GDP) in 2014.

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These classic ethanol commercials are a clean air blast from the past

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Minnesota corn farmers played an important role in building our state’s pioneering ethanol industry. They also came up with some funny and effective ethanol-themed commercials while doing it.

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PUMP chronicles our dependence on oil, and how ethanol can help break it

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It is currently minus-1 degree in Minneapolis, Minn. Head about 200 miles north to Bemidji and it’s minus-6. Travel to corn country in southern Minnesota and it’s minus-8.

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5 reasons why ethanol's future is bright despite today's cheap gas prices

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“What’s going to happen with ethanol now that gas is so cheap?”

This is a question corn farmers and biofuels supporters have been asked more and more over the last couple of weeks.

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15 posts to re-visit, re-read and remember from 2014

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This is the final post of 2014 on Minnesota Cornerstone. Thank you to all of our readers, especially those of you who spread the word about the topics we cover in this space and share our work on social media.

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