May ethanol futures closed unchanged at $2.33, and June ethanol futures were unchanged at $2.23. July corn closed limit up 25 cents at $6.73 1/4, and September corn was up 21 3/4 cents at $5.92 1/4.
Representatives from the seed industry have stepped in to work with state regulators and EPA on potential cleanup plans for the AltEn ethanal plant in Mead, Nebraska. The site has millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater in ponds and 84,000 tons of contaminated wet cake that cannot be used for feed or applied to the soil.