ADM stopped receiving corn at a processing plant in Nebraska as the idling of its dry ethanol mill causes grain to pile up.
The Columbus facility closed Wednesday afternoon due to high inventory, and remain closed through Sunday, the company said in a tweet.
A spokeswoman for ADM confirmed the move to Bloomberg and said it was “related to the dry mill closure” and that the facility will be back receiving corn on Monday, Dec. 28.
ADM announced in April that it was idling two of its dry ethanol mills as the pandemic kept cars off the road, curbing demand for the corn-based biofuel.
In November, Chief Executive Officer Juan Luciano said the company was planning to keep the facilities in Nebraska and Iowa shut through the winter.
The wet mill at Columbus continues to operate, according to the spokeswoman.
