NC ethanol plant halts production as corn prices hit

In North Carolina, the state’s first ethanol plant has temporarily halted production until corn prices come down and will place some of its 40 employees on furlough for two to three months, when the Clean Burn Fuels plant in Hoke County hopes to come back online. Corn prices have doubled over the past few months but ethanol prices have only risen 25%.

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