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Low carbon has its benefits for agribusinesses, but the benefit to farmers profits for growing low carbon grains is hard to quantify.

The ethanol industry says capturing carbon emissions from ethanol plants and storing it underground is needed to help the industry keep up with the trend toward greener energy. But it’s unclear what the direct benefit to the farmers who supply corn to the ethanol plant might be. David Ripplinger is an associate professor at North […] The post Corn price connection to carbon capture hard to pin down appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.

Exploring carbon capture in North Dakota ethanol

Minnesota is coming off another windy month of April. Those strong wind gusts may have translated into some extra cash for counties with wind turbines dotting the landscape. Minnesota has a wind and solar energy production tax, which allows jurisdictions where these systems are located to collect revenue based on the energy that's generated. ...

Red Trail Energy, the first ethanol plant in the nation to use carbon capture and storage, is launching a program to provide a premium price for farmers to grow low-carbon