On Monday, June 14, NABC Cares, the philanthropic division of NABC, hosted its Second Annual Sporting Clays Customer Appreciation Event and Charity Shoot. Twenty-three customers joined the NABC staff at the Black Hawk Valley Hunting Club in St. Louis, MO for a day of fun and fellowship. For every clay hit, NABC Cares pledged $1.00 to the USO for a total donation of $772.00.

For over 67 years, the USO (United Services Organizations) has served as the primary bridge between the American people and America’s Armed Forces, delivering a unique combination of morale building, counseling, and recreational services to our troops and their families all over the world. Please visit www.uso.org to learn more about the invaluable work of the United Service Organizations.

In addition to donating to the USO, prizes were handed out for first and second place as well as overall team. Recipients of the team prize were Roy Thomas with Bunge Ergon, Ken Peterson with Heartland Grain Fuels, Travis Rippie with Heartland Grain Fuels, and Todd Seaton, NABC Regional Sales Manager. Rick Thaden with KAAPA Ethanol and Ken Peterson with Heartland Grain Fuels tied for second. Charles Stremick with Plymouth Energy was the first place finisher. Congratulations to all the winners!

Tuesday evening, NABC Cares hosted a second charity event at Flamingo Bowl in downtown St. Louis to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. NABC cares pledged 25 cents for every pin knocked down and $1.00 for every strike. At the end of the night, a total of $2,185.50 was raised.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested nearly $1.5 billion since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® works to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Please visit ww5.komen.org for more information.

NABC Cares would like to thank all the participants of this year’s events and we look forward to having you join us in Indianapolis in June 2011.

NABC Cares is a Christian-Based philanthropic division of NABC promoting our social responsibility initiatives. NABC Cares endeavors to make a greater impact in the United States and around the world by being responsive to the citizenship needs of the communities where we live and work. Our programs, which also include customized local initiatives, are focused on those areas where we feel we can make a unique and sustainable difference. We continually seek to affect the lives of children through medical research funding and Science education. If you would like to suggest an initiative or offer your monetary or voluntary support, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Managing Director.

Duluth, GA – May 10, 2010 – North American Bioproducts Corporation (NABC) has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for the use of its Bactenix^® V300 and Bactenix^® V300SP products in fuel ethanol production.  Bactenix^® V300 has been approved at a use rate of 0.625ppm and Bactenix^® V300SP has been approved at a use rate of 0.5ppm.  Both have been added to Table 1 of Appendix 1 of RG-6 Regulatory Guidance: Ethanol Distillers’ Grains for Livestock Feed. 

 The Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD) at Health Canada has recommended that the maximum level of erythromycin residues in distillers’ grains by-products should not exceed 2ppm on a dry matter basis.

 Bactenix^® V300 is a powerful Macrolide antimicrobial which controls gram positive bacteria by interfering with protein production at the ribosomal level. Bactenix^® V300SP is NABC’s highest activity Macrolide antimicrobial product and is also effective against certain species of Pediococcus that are not efficaciously controlled by Virginiamycin and Penicillin.

 For more information regarding the CFIA, please visit their website at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/.

90 Attendees from more than 30 Ethanol Plants gathered in Des Moines, Iowa for ESC

 Duluth, Georgia - April 26, 2010 - The 6th edition of the weeklong Ethanol Short Course kicked off with a Welcome Reception Monday evening where old friends had a chance to say hello and new friends were made while cheering on their pick during the Final Four basketball game.

The focus of this year's course was to bing in new topics as well as update many of the older topices especially those that have had recent new developments.  Topics ranged from the basics of Grain Handling and Starch Conversion to hot topics like Current Antimicrobial Regulation and Responsible Strategies for Bacterial Control.  To all the speakers, NABC extends sincere gratitude for your participation.

NABC would also like to congratulate the winners of the iPod drawing.  Winners were selected based on a random drawing of all the attendees who scored an 80 or above on the daily quizzes.  This year's winners are Scott Dorow with Pine Lake Corn Processors, Vince Moncado with The Anderson's - Greenville, Ben Back with Arkalon Ethanol, LLC and Kelly Hahler with Glacial Lakes Energy - Mina.