May 2022
Company Update
May 2022
Happy Spring! During this time of rejuvenation, we hope you have ad time to rest, recover, and prepare for your spring and summer activities. Planting season is upon us; whether you are planting a small garden or a large farm, we wish you warm sun, timely rain, and a successful crop.
The annual shareholder meeting was held Tuesday, March 22 at the Rupe Center in Carrollton, MO. It was great seeing you there, we appreciate you making the time to participate! It was fun to share the positive results from 2021 and provide an update on our future plans.
SME posted strong profits in Q1 2022 despite several market factors that turned the overall industry margins back to historical norms. Corn price continues to rise, making several new record highs in the face of continued inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ethanol prices dropped significantly in early January, and have since recovered, keeping the gross ethanol crush positive when we include all co-product sales. The financial results are found on page 2 of this newsletter.
On April 12. President Biden visited an ethanol plant in Menlo. Iowa to announce that the EPA will issue a nationwide waiver to allow sales of E15 through the summer. During his prepared remarks, he confirmed what we already know; ethanol lowers prices at the pump, reduces emissions, and supports American manufacturing. While we don’t anticipate this move will drastically change the fuel ethanol business, we welcome the Presidential de-bunking of ethanol myths propagated by the well funded oil lobby.
We continue to make excellent progress launching the GNS business. We have steadily increased shipments and will exceed 1 million gallons per month of sales in the second quarter of 2022! Having more options for our products helps all of our marketing efforts and is contributing to our positive results.
In the last newsletter we asked you to consider your Show Me Ethanol shares as part of your estate planning, adding a TOD or other instructions in the event that your shares need to move to a different owner. Your response has been outstanding, thank you!
Brian Pasbrig
Financial Results for First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022
Total Sales were made up of $34.5 million of Ethanol, $9/2 million of Distiller Grains, $3.5 million of Corn Oil and $3.3 million of GNS.
Total Expenses include Corn costs in the amount of $37.6 million. Net Income for the 1st quarter of 2021 was $3.7 million.
Employee Spotlights
Andrea Lyon started in April as a Senior Lab Technician. Her previous roles include Analytical and Compliance Chemist for Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in St. Louis and Production and Incoming Raw Materials Quality Chemist for bioMerieux, also in St. Louis.
She grew up in Carrollton, and attended K-12 here. Andrea and her brother own a farm west of town that he farms and brings corn to Ray Carroll. She has two songs that will both be at Mizzou this fall. Andrea plans to spend some weekends visiting them and going to football games. She is a sports fan, and enjoys attending games. Also, another hoppy of hers is genealogy research. She is excited to be back in Carrollton, working and being around family and friends. We are very happy to have added Andrea to our team, she is a great fit!
Annual Shutdown
During the quarter we completed our annual spring maintenance shutdown. The facility was down for 4 days to complete inspections, routine maintenance, and planned rebuilds on our facility that otherwise operates 24 hours/day, 7 days/per. The work was completed primarily by our own staff along with several contractors. The supply chain woes that everyone is experiencing have caused us to complete a more thorough review of our spare parts inventory and purchase a few extra items to have on hand. I am proud that our team did not have to expedite any parts in during this outage, and all planned repairs were completed on time and on budget!
SME Employees Volunteer for a Special Cause
On May 5th, 2022 the Carrollton School District hosted a Special Olympics event. At the last minute it was moved indoors due to the rain and was very well done. Each volunteer was paired up as a buddy for one of the students. There were fun games and activities. Appearances were made by Truman the Tiger, Slugger, and KC Wolf. This was such a rewarding event for all involved.
