Bio Technology

The High Ground of Texas......a great place to live, play and produce ethanol. Traditionally ethanol has been produced in the "Corn Belt" of the Midwest. When the Legislature of the State of Texas passed an ethanol production incentive in 2003, Texas became a viable alternative to the Midwest.

Why The High Ground of Texas, other than the $3,024,000 ($.168 per gallon up to 18 million gallons per year for 10 years) annual subsidy for an ethanol plant? The Texas Panhandle of Texas produces 30% of the nation's beef - which equates to hundreds of thousands of feedlot cattle - which equates to tons of feed for those cattle. The High Ground feedlots are very open to introducing distillers grains to their formula. Because of feedlot proximity and numbers the distillers grains do not have to be dried. This means no capital expense for dryers, no cost of natural gas or fuel to run the dryer and reduced transportation costs.

The High Ground of Texas has plentiful, affordable land, good quality and ample water supply from the Ogallala Aquifer, affordable and reliable electricity, friendly local and state government, good transportation systems, and access to plentiful feed stocks for the ethanol plants. The people of The High Ground of Texas also love agriculture and most everything associated with it. So, after the dust settles and it is obvious that ethanol can be produced in a very cost-effective manner, the friendly Texas attitude is the final selling point. Enough said.