QORE, a joint venture between Cargill and German-based chemical company HELM, officially started the production of its newest product- QIRA- in Eddyville, Iowa. QIRA is the world’s first large-scale r ...

The facility, which is now up and running, takes the corn and processes it into a chemical building block called QIRA.

Iowa-grown corn will soon end up in the fibers of Spanx apparel and other products typically made with petroleum-based ...