But storing grain isn't our ultimate goal. In July of 2004 we started an equity drive to build an Ethanol Plant in Goldfield. After successfully raising the necessary equity, CORN, LP broke ground in October of that same year with production of Ethanol beginning in December of 2005. The Plant consumes roughly 60,000 bushels (400 acres) of corn per day and employs 40 full-time employees. Thanks to the corn requirements of CORN, LP and our feed operations we are consuming all of the corn our members produce. In today's agricultural world, adding value to our member’s grain does indeed create a golden relationship.