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Tommy Hamamoto, Japan director for the U.S. Grains Council, said the group’s trip also includes stops at three ethanol plants — the Marquis Energy plant in Hennepin, an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Decatur and the Green Plains plant in Madison.

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