News Profiles 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast: Daryl Haack, renewable fuels pioneer By Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater is the Family & Farmstead Editor for Successful Farming, sharing interesting family features, heartfelt editorial columns, and important health and safety information. Her favorite thing about her job is meeting interesting people, learning their stories, and sharing them with our readers.Lisa started her career with Successful Farming magazine in 1999, working primarily for the web team and writing product reviews for the magazine. She later wrote for the Living the Country Life magazine and website and has written and edited several cookbooks and other books for Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. Successful Farming's Editorial Guidelines Published on April 15, 2024 Close Photo: Illustration: Lauren Crow Daryl Haack is a farmer in northwest Iowa and one of the founding board members of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and Little Sioux Corn Processors. He has seen the biofuels industry in Iowa grow from the ground up. Haack joined us for a quick conversation on the 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast. We discussed the formation of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, how biofuels help entire communities in addition to farmers, and competing against the gasoline industry. Daryl Haack It's surprising the number of people you talk to who don't know the difference between sweet corn and field corn, let alone where ethanol comes from. That's one reason these associations are important. — Daryl Haack Listen to this episode of 15 Minutes With a Farmer below or on Apple Podcasts — where you can also listen to past episodes and subscribe — or wherever you listen to podcasts. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit