An ethanol plant stationed on the Illinois River has received permits to build a new soy crush facility expected to process 80 million bushels of soybeans annually.
Allison Prestegaard with Marquis Energy based in Hennepin, Illinois tells Brownfield the addition of a 700-foot loading dock will give them a mile of riverfront access. “And that’s going to export approximately 20 barges of soy meal from our complex each week, an equivalent of 1.5 million tons.”
She says it will help diversify markets for local grain farmers.
Illinois ethanol plant to break ground on new soy crush facility
