AdvertisementAfter Backlash, Ethanol Industry Is ThrivingApril 26, 2012Dustin DwyerfacebookEmailYoung corn plants grow next to the Guardian Energy ethanol plant in Janesville, Minn. Five years ago, the U.S. government projected that in 2012, ethanol production would use up 30 percent of the nation's corn supply. Last year, it used 40 percent. (MCT/Landov)