Today in Biofuels Opinion: “[Aventine] can be a bit cavalier about their risk management.”

Champaign County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Uken in TmcNet: “I believe there is a relationship between the amount of corn in ethanol and the effect it has on the price of corn. You have not seen a decrease in the input costs like we are seeing in the commodity prices. That is a challenge for farmers in managing their risk.”

Morningstar analyst Michael Tian: “[Aventine] can be a bit cavalier about their risk management. Sometimes instead of hedging they take more risk, because they have a definite opinion of what is going to happen.”

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