S.J. Farmers Sought for Ethanol Project
(Menafn /The Record/McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) A seed producer is recruiting area farmers to produce sorghum, a grain crop also known as milo, for use in ethanol production, including at the Pacific Ethanol Inc. plant in Stockton.
Chromatin Inc. will host a meeting Feb. 5 in Modesto, hoping to convince growers to plant thousands of acres of grain sorghum this spring to supply Aemetis in Keyes and Calgren in Pixley, as well as Pacific Ethanol.
“We’re shooting to get 30,000 acres this summer to support the three ethanol plants,” said John Fulcher, director of business development, speaking Tuesday from Chromatin offices in Chicago.
Pacific Ethanol mixed sorghum with its usual corn feedstock in Stockton last year and is eager to expand use of the grain, said Neil Koehler, president and chief executive of the Sacramento-based company. READ MORE
