What We Do.
We play three distinct roles in the renewable fuels market:
- Service provider for risk management, grain origination, logistics and transportation, and marketing distillers grain and ethanol
- Investor in plants strategic to our businesses
- Lead developer of new plant projects
How We Do It Best.
Grain Origination, Risk Management and Marketing Services.
We will customize a package of services to help our partners achieve their margin objectives. From grain origination to price risk management, to ethanol and distillers grain marketing, Scoular provides the right services to achieve each partner’s unique business potential.
Origination
- Supply assurance and just-in-time inventory solutions
- Managed logistics
- Coordination of origination programs with risk management strategies
Risk Management
- Information and procedures to help create a risk management policy pre-startup
- Plant margin protection through management of input costs
- Disaster protection
- Transfer of price risk
- Reduction in earnings volatility
- Pricing alternatives to meet origination needs within chosen risk profile
Distillers Grains
- Access to existing relationships with feeders
- Efficient utilization of truck freight
- Established railroad relationships
- Consolidated commodity management and bookkeeping
Ethanol
Plant Investment.
As a financial partner, Scoular provides financial strength and stability resulting from Scoular’s firm commitment to agriculture since its establishment in 1892. Presently, Scoular is invested in ethanol projects in Colorado and is open to investing in other plants in strategically-located markets.
Plant Development.
Our expertise in grain and feed supply chains coupled with our logistics network make us uniquely qualified to evaluate plant locations and quickly gain financial and operational support. We have established strong legal, financial and construction partnerships that help accelerate our development prospects when compared with many other developers.
In September 2006 construction will begin on a 100-million gallon ethanol plant in Plainview, Texas, utilizing an existing Scoular-owned grain-handling facility. We are actively researching other sites strategic to our existing businesses for the development of new ethanol capacity. We hope to develop at least three additional plants in the next two years.
Want to Know More?
- Risk Management and Grain Origination:
Eric Perry, eperry@scoular.com, (913) 338-1474
- Distillers Grain Marketing:
Jim Harding, jharding@scoular.com, (941) 365-0090
- Ethanol Marketing:
Steve Dunn, sdunn@scoular.com, (913) 338-1474
Eric Perry, eperry@scoular.com, (913) 338-1474
- Plant Development and Investment:
Randy Hellerich, rhelleri@scoular.com, (402) 342-3500
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