Farmer-owned ethanol plant provides jobs

Benjamin Herrold
Nov 9, 2023
Nov 9, 2023

Corn grows in a Saline County, Mo., field next to the farmer-owned Mid-Missouri Energy ethanol plant.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series on local cooperatives. October was National Co-op Month.

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