Green Plains Inc

NASDAQ:GPRE

Green Plains, Inc. engages in the production of fuel-grade ethanol and corn oil, the provision of grain handling, and storage commodity marketing and distribution services. The company is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska and currently employs 859 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-03-15. The firm is principally engaged in operating ethanol production facilities and corn processing, with a focus on the production of high protein feed ingredients. The firm operates through four segments: Ethanol Production, Agribusiness and Energy Services, Food and Ingredients, and Partnership. The Ethanol Production segment includes production of ethanol, including alcohol, distillers grains, protein and corn oil at ethanol plants in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee. The Agribusiness and Energy Services segment agribusiness and energy services segment includes grain procurement, and its commodity marketing business, which markets, sells and distributes ethanol, distiller’s grains, Ultra-High Protein and corn oil produced at its ethanol plants. Its limited partnership provides fuel storage and transportation services by owning, operating, developing and acquiring ethanol and fuel storage tanks, terminals, and other assets.