Red Trail Energy, LLC Appoints Joni Entze as Chief Financial Officer

Red Trail Energy, LLC owns and operates a 50-million-gallon annual name-plate production ethanol plant near Richardton, North Dakota. The principal products that the Company produces are ethanol, distillers grains, and corn oil. Ethanol is ethyl alcohol, a fuel component made primarily from corn and various other grains, which can be used as an octane enhancer in fuels; an oxygenated fuel additive for the purpose of reducing ozone and carbon monoxide vehicle emissions, and a non-petroleum-based gasoline substitute. It produces two forms of distillers grains: distillers dried grains and modified distillers grains. Modified distillers grains is processed corn mash that has been dried to approximately 50% moisture which has a shelf life of approximately seven days. Distillers dried grains is processed corn mash that has been dried to approximately 10% moisture. The primary uses of the corn oil that the Company produces are for animal feed, industrial uses, and biodiesel production.