AMES, IA, November 20, 2007 - Hawkeye Gold, LLC, an Iowa-based distillers grains marketing business, today announced that it has added two ethanol plants to its distillers grains marketing alliance.  Golden Grain Energy of Mason City, Iowa and Lincolnway Energy of Nevada, Iowa both have signed agreements with Hawkeye Gold to market their distillers grains. 

“We are excited to work with Hawkeye Gold. We believe the strategic relationship we have developed will add value for our members and more effectively enable us to market the distillers we produce,” said Rick Brehm, CEO of Lincolnway Energy.

Walter Wendland, CEO of Golden Grain Energy added, “We feel that our relationship with Hawkeye Gold will serve our plant and its members well by helping the company allocate product to the top customers across the marketplace.”

Hawkeye Gold provides distillers grains producers with professional merchandising services and access to a wide range of local, domestic, and international markets through an experienced industry leading team.  Distillers grains are an important co-product of the ethanol production process. The Hawkeye Gold team is led by Randy Ives, a leading distillers grains marketing professional with over 14 years of experience. 

Ives, Hawkeye Gold’s Senior Vice President, added: “We are proud to add these two outstanding plants to our marketing alliance.  We believe in partnering with like-minded plants that are strategically located to promote the use of distillers grains and find the best market for their product throughout the United States and internationally.  The addition of these two independent production partners to our marketing portfolio will increase our availability of high quality golden distillers to over 100,000 tons per month.  Hawkeye Gold strives to represent only the best of the best, concerning the consistency of distillers.”

Please visit the Hawkeye Gold website for further information and for daily distillers grains price quotes: www.hawkgold.com http://www.hawkgold.com .

Hawkeye Gold, LLC is a subsidiary of Hawkeye Energy Holdings, LLC, which is a leading renewable energy company headquartered in Ames, Iowa.

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