Omaha-based Green Plains said the commodity market conditions were responsible, including an oversaturated ethanol market.

More than 50 employees in Fairmont are without a job following the closure of an ethanol plant. In a notice filed with the ...

The Minnesota ethanol plant announced temporary closure due to commodity market conditions and laid off employees on Jan. 17.

Ethanol maker Green Plains Renewable Energy said Tuesday it agreed to acquire two ethanol plants from BioFuel Energy for about $101 million. The plants, located in Wood River, Neb. and Fairmont, Minn.