Ethanol Production
Facts about ethanol production
One bushel of corn can produce at least 2.7 gallons of ethanol.
One acre of corn can produce 300 gallons of ethanol -- enough to fuel four cars for one year with a 10% ethanol-blend.
The U.S. ethanol industry has grown to over 1.5 billion gallons of production capacity, more than double what was produced in 2000.
Ethanol production provides more than 200,000 U.S. jobs, spurring growth in many rural areas
In 2005, over 4 billion gallons of ethanol were produced nationwide. This value-added processing required almost 1.5 billion bushels of corn.
Ethanol blends account for 30% of all motor fuels sold in the U.S.
Today, more than one-third of the nation's gasoline contains some level of oxygenates (such as ethanol), in order to reduce harmful emissions and improve our nation's air quality.
Over the next 15 years, 300,000 new jobs could be created through expanded production and use of renewable ethanol blends.
More than 425 million bushels of Iowa corn are processed annually into ethanol.