At 6.95 million gallons, the volume of E15 sold in August was the second highest recorded this year after the 6.98 million gallons sold in May. 

The volume in August was also marginally higher than the 6.84 million gallons of E15 sold in July.

Moreover, at 6.95 million gallons, the volume in August marks the sixth straight month E15 sales in Minnesota have been above the 6-million-gallons.

On a cumulative basis, the volume of E15 sold in Minnesota this year as of August 31 was 50.57 million gallons. 

The volume of E15 sold for the whole of 2018 was 59.4 million gallons. 

Meanwhile, the Department of Commerce also reports that E85 sales in August totaled 1.37 million gallons. On a cumulative basis, E85 sales during the first eight months of the year totaled 9.82 million gallons.