Iowa’s Hawkeye Renewables keps to normal schedules despite price, market upheavals

In Iowa, Hawkeye Renewables confirmed that it is operating its plants under normal schedules, despite the lock up in the credit markets and the falling prices of ethanol and corn. Hawkeye has four ethanol plants in Iowa.

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