Kamis, 15 September 2011

In My Backyard: Longmont, Colorado Turkey Processing Plant is Closing Citing Ethanol Subsidies and High Fuel Costs

Rod Brenneman, president and chief executive officer of Butterball, is blaming ethanol and high fuel costs in its decision to close the Longmont, Colorado plant which employs 350 people and has been in operation as a turkey processing plant since 1950. It is one of six Butterball plants in the U.S."... government ethanol subsidies and record-high fuel prices for much of 2010 and 2011 contributed