Is there really enough corn in Ohio to make ethanol?
On an average year Ohio will produce nearly 500 million bushels of corn. Therefore, each facility will use about 4% of an average crop. As more facilities are added and new markets are created, farmers will shift acres away from soybeans, wheat, or hay and into corn to fill the new demand. Currently 250 million bushels or 50% of Ohios corn is exported out of Ohio completely unprocessed. This is the equivalent amount of corn to fuel twelve 54 million gallon ethanol facilities.
