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USDA grant will help North Iowa ethanol plant expand

A north Iowa ethanol plant will use a more than $2 million federal grant to increase processing capacity.

USDA Rural Development Senior Advisor Cindy Axne tells Brownfield Golden Grain Energy in Mason City is the recipient of funding through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.

“This is a great opportunity for a local business to be able to invest to get the funding necessary to grow, to increase jobs, and to sell more all across the country.”

She says this announcement is part of President Biden’s Investing in Rural America Event Series.

“Folks who want to help us move the agenda forward on addressing climate change, on making sure that we grow local economies, making sure that we protect our soil and our natural resources, and lower dollars at the pump.”

Axne says those are the types of businesses the President and Ag Secretary are looking at for the $5 billion in funding.