Verasun Energy: Expect Future Growth and Profitability - Tim Plaehn

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1 pt	Verasun Energy: Expect Future Growth and Profitability
	Jul 09, 2008 09:40 AM UTC

Tim Plaehn

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VSE		07/09/08	+73.40%	07/23/08

Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

VeraSun Energy (VSE) President and CFO Danny Herron presented at the William Blair 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference 2 weeks ago. I listened to the replay, checked out the slide show and took some notes. The presentation was very upbeat, as they usually are. This is a company that has gone from a couple of plants to the nation's leading ethanol producer in the space of about 3 years. I was most interested in the comments concerning the ethanol market in general and the specific growth and profitability prospects for VSE.

First, some notes on ethanol production overall:

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