http://www.northstarintermodal.com Home of the Intermodal Grain Train Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:35:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the price of gasoline continues to increase in the United States, the role of corn-based ethanol continues to increase. As this happens, the amount of the byproduct, DDGS, increases as well. Ethanol producers in the Upper Great Plains are forecast to produce 4,400,000 metric tons of DDGS in 2007, ... http://www.northstarintermodal.com/the-upper-great-plains-market/ The Agricultural Export Dilemma The U.S. bulk grain export system works efficiently for commoditized products, but does not service international customers who demand shipments of quality controlled market-specific food or feed grain products or unitized shipments of smaller quantities meeting just-in-time inventory requirements. Minnesota farmers’ ability to realize the higher margins ... http://www.northstarintermodal.com/the-north-star-intermodal-solution/ Minnesota company believes intermodal rail service will open new export markets for agriculture Reprinted from The Journal of Commerce, December 4, 2006 - www.joc.com BY R.G. EDMONSON Bill Dankbar entered the grain business just after the U.S. and Soviet Union completed a deal that opened the Soviet Union to millions of ... http://www.northstarintermodal.com/big-gain-for-grain/ In partnership with BizzyWeb, we are proud to announce the launch of our new website! We've also launched sites for our subsidiaries: North Star Grain International, North Star Container and NSTerminals. http://www.northstarintermodal.com/welcome-to-the-new-north-star-intermodal-website/ Randy Schwake, President [caption id="attachment_58" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Randy Schwake, Chief Financial Officer, North Star Rail Intermodal"][/caption] Randy Schwake, President of North Star Rail Intermodal (NSRI) has more than 25 years of experience in agricultural and commercial finance. During his tenure as president of Alliance Bank, Claremont, Minn., he co-founded Al-Corn Clean Fuels, ... http://www.northstarintermodal.com/our-team/