Archer Daniels Midland Company Message Board

There is a very good article in the Dec. 26,05 Fortune Magizne discussing the tax bill and ethanol it states that refiners get 51 cents a gallon subsidy for every gallon of ethanol they use in their blends, so I would say the demand will go up.

Of course Ethanol is profitable because of our tax dollars. It wouldn't be profitable without the subsidy.

Both ethanol and biodiesal are costly government boondogles.

wilkes71, you could easily use Google or another search engine to answer your questions. Enter "ADM 2005 ethanol production" or something better of your own construction into the Google query and "Search" the Internet. You can chose from the many returned links and use the most credible sources to determine the answer to your questions.