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Valero Charles City is a dry-mill ethanol plant located in Charles City, Iowa. This facility began operations in April 2007 and uses a dry-grind production method and state-of-the-art technology to maintain industry-leading standards in production, safety and product quality. The plant also has been designed to be among the most environmentally friendly in the industry.

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Distillers Grains

Distillers Grains Analysis and Contact Information

Daily Corn Bids

Nov 19	Bids	Basis	Futures	Month
Nov 2009	3.73	-.22	3.95	December (Z)
Dec 2009 (FH)	3.80	-.15	3.95	December (Z)
Dec 2009 (LH)	3.83	-.12	3.95	December (Z)
Jan 2010	3.88	-.23	4.11	March (H)
Feb 2010	3.90	-.21	4.11	March (H)
Mar 2010	3.95	-.16	4.11	March (H)
Apr 2010	3.97	-.24	4.21	May (K)
May 2010	4.01	-.20	4.21	May (K)
Jun 2010	4.05	-.24	4.29	July (N)
Jul 2010	4.07	-.22	4.29	July (N)
Aug 2010	4.04	-.29	4.33	September (U)
Sep 2010	4.07	-.26	4.33	September (U)
Oct 2010	3.98	-.40	4.38	December (Z)
Nov 2010	4.03	-.35	4.38	December (Z)

All Bids are subject to change without notice!

Now Available at Valero - Charles City for Fall Delivery

- Price Later Contracts (Reduced Charges...Call for details)

- Defer Pay Contracts (MUST notify before delivery)

- Weekly Moisture Averaging (17.1 and above to stand alone, will not average)

**Call for Details**

Grain Delivery Hours:

**HOURS CHANGE**

Week of November 16th, Thursday 6 to 6, Friday 6 to Noon, Saturday CLOSED

Week of Nov 23rd, Mon to Wed 7 to 3, Thurs, Friday, Saturday CLOSED

Reminder: Please do not roll tarps on the scale, please roll tarps in the staging area. Thanks.

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Real-Time (CBoT)

Corn Procurement Policy

Price
Prices are based on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT) corn futures minus local basis for a specified time frame.

Delivery
Valero offers a variety of contracts. Each contract will have a specified time of delivery, commonly a two-week window. Please contact the Aurora office for more information. Failure to deliver specified bushels in a stated time frame will be considered a breach of contract and penalties or cancellations may apply.

Payment
Payments are made once per week, every Wednesday. For example, corn delivered Monday through Sunday of week 1 will be paid on Wednesday of week 2.

Loads will be applied on oldest contracts.
Overfills will be on any bushels over contract amount.
Load contracts are available.

Discounts
Please see Discount Schedule. Additional discounts:

Corn containing two or more live weevils or 10 or more live grain insects per sample will be discounted five cents per bushel.
Corn containing rodent or bird contamination, stones, glass or other commercially undesirable foreign material will be rejected.
Official grades can be requested at time of unloading at the shipper's expense.

Discount Schedule

Plant Facts

Valero Charles City:

Is one of the largest ethanol facilities in the U.S.
Produces 110 million gallons of ethanol per year
Processes approximately 39 million bushels of corn per year
Produces 350,000 tons of distillers grains annually
Is designed to run continuously, 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, throughout the year

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