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[kel3]

Ethanol Profitability Very Firm

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.agricharts.com/sites/291/etoh1.JPG …

source:http://www.dfefarmpartners.com

[Waterloo85]

Kel,

In each of their 10Q they give warning to the risks faced by Kinergy and do indeed give some indications that Kinergy suffers losses in a lower trending market. Market action in March will likely have wiped any Kinergy profitability for the rest of the quarter. Previous periods with similar volatility show a loss for the operation on the order of $0.5-1M. The swings were much higher than they would have possible hedged for...