The marketing of renewable fuels has earned two northwest Iowa companies recognition from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig

The marketing of renewable fuels has earned two northwest Iowa companies recognition from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.

Friday, Naig presented the Secretary’s Ethanol Marketing Award to Al’s Corner Oil, which operates Sparky’s One Stop convenience stores in western and northwest Iowa.

Pro Cooperative, a farmer-owned co-op, headquartered in Pocahontas, was selected for the Secretary’s Biodiesel Marketing Award.

Naig said these retailers are leaders in promoting biofuels in Iowa.

Naig presented the award to Sparky’s One Stop during a visit to their convenience store location near Rockwell City on Friday and plans to present the award to Pro Cooperative at a later date.

“I want to congratulate and thank Sparky’s One Stop and Pro Cooperative for their leadership in promoting biofuels – an industry that does so much to strengthen Iowa,” said Secretary Naig. “Biofuels are a win-win for everyone. Consumers get access to more affordable, cleaner burning fuels. Our farmers have more markets for their crops, and we generate more economic activity in our rural communities. That’s why the State of Iowa is partnering with fuel retailers to expand infrastructure and increase the availability of higher biofuel blends around the state, giving drivers even more homegrown choices at the pump.”