Welcome 

Valero Welcome is a dry-mill ethanol plant located in Welcome, Minn. This facility completed construction in June 2008 and has the capacity to produce 110 million gallons of ethanol per year (MMGY) using a dry-grind production method and state-of-the-art technology to maintain industry-leading standards in production, safety and product quality. The plant has also been designed to be among the most environmentally friendly in the industry.

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Daily Corn Bids
Nov 20 Bids Basis Futures Month
Nov 2009 3.71 -.20 3.91 December (Z)
Dec 2009 3.73 -.18 3.91 December (Z)
Jan 2010 3.79 -.28 4.07 March (H)
Feb 2010 3.81 -.26 4.07 March (H)
Mar 2010 3.83 -.24 4.07 March (H)
Apr 2010 3.92 -.25 4.17 May (K)
May 2010 3.92 -.25 4.17 May (K)
Jun 2010 3.96 -.30 4.26 July (N)
Jul 2010 3.99 -.27 4.26 July (N)
Aug 2010 4.02 -.28 4.30 September (U)
Sep 2010 4.05 -.25 4.30 September (U)
Oct 2010 3.98 -.38 4.36 December (Z)
Nov 2010 4.01 -.35 4.36 December (Z)

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 Receiving corn on Saturday, November 21st from 7:30am-4:00pm.

Valero will be closed November 26-29 in honor of Thanksgiving!

 

We are accepting priced later corn for the month of November.

 

 Available for 2009 Fall Harvest

 

Deferred Payment Contracts

 

Weekly Average Monday-Saturday

 

ACH Payments

 

Corn Procurement Policy
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 Welcome 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
**Effective July 1, 2009 - 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.  Thank you for your patience as we work through these processes.

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

Valero Welcome:
  • Is one of the largest ethanol facilities in the U.S.
  • Has the capacity to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol per year
  • Can process about 39 million bushels of corn per year
  • Has the capacity to produce 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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Welcome, MN
Valero Renewables Welcome
1444 120th St.
Welcome, Minnesota  56181
Send Email507-728-4000507-728-4050
To Sell Corn:
Kathy Carlson
Commodities Assistant
Send Email507-728-40191-866-977-2676507-728-4050
To Purchase Distillers Grains:
Allan Assmann
Manager of Distillers Marketing (Bulk Rail Sales)
Send Email402-727-5300
Josh McCarthick
Distillers Grain Sales (Local Truck Sales)
Send Email507-728-4018