CVEC News

By the time this reaches your mailbox, harvest 2025 will likely be complete.  Yields in our area have been extremely variable, and for the most part producers are reporting a below average crop.  We also experienced a couple of widespread hail events this summer that caused high levels of vomitoxin in the hail damaged fields, […]

As you read this newsletter the 2025 harvest is nearly complete.  Overall corn yields were good but variable. With excess water and hail this summer the low end was less than 100 bushels per acre to the high end of 260 bushels per acre.  The crop came in dryer with average test weight. Good quality […]

As we close out the 2024 operating year and prepare for cold weather, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of our CVEC staff. Their dedication positioned our plant to finish the year strong, and we are now preparing for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We are happy to […]

As I write this, harvest 2024 has come to end for almost all local producers.  I’m not sure many would have predicted in August that harvest would wrap up with several days to spare in October, but above average September temperatures and virtually no rain for the past 60 days allowed the corn crop to […]

As you read this newsletter the 2024 harvest is complete.  Overall corn yields were better than expected, dryer than normal and good test weight. Quality corn is very good for our ethanol production.  With the above average corn crop it is great to have CVEC.  Without CVEC, think of what the price of corn would […]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) proudly announces the integration of its groundbreaking Distillers Corn Oil (DCO) TechnologyTM at the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC) in Benson, Minnesota. This innovative technology promises to deliver an average 20% increase in distillers corn oil yields and reduce energy costs through enhanced solids control in evaporators. […]