Branstad and other officials to attend blending facility groundbreaking May 1

In Iowa, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey along with other local and state officials will attend the groundbreaking ceremony on May 1 for the new ethanol and biodiesel blending fuel facility in Mount Ayr. The state awarded the Farmers Cooperative Company in Mount Ayr $225,000 in grant funding for the $577,559 project.