Drought causes challenges for Kansas ethanol plant

The CEO of an ethanol plant in northwest Kansas says 2024 has been a challenging year. Derek Peine is with Western Plains Energy in Oakley. “For us in particular, we suffered another year of drought. So that’s pushed our grain prices up, squeezed our margins. So it’s been kind of a difficult two, three years […]

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