According to a VeraSun press release, a “series of events” had shrunk its liquidity, impairing its ability to invest in production facilities and operate its business. “A dramatic spike in corn costs,” partly due to its hedging arrangements and “worsening capital market conditions and a tightening of trade credit resulted in severe constraints on the company’s liquidity position,” the release said The statement went on to say that the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based company said it planned to maintain operations while the company and 24 of its subsidiaries reorganize. In addition it expects to reach a deal with lenders on additional...