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Posted on January 1, 2010
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IN FALL 2008, the ethanol company POET held a field day at its plant in Emmetsburg, IA, featuring equipment that could harvest grain as well as cobs in the same field pass. Just two months ago, POET held another field day to show how this equipment has progressed. Strides made in equipment design are enabling farmers to collect cobs, which POET will use at Project Liberty, the company's 25-million-gallon-per-year
Posted on January 1, 2010
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) hybrids and varieties claim the lion's share of U.S. acres committed to corn and soybean production today. But not everyone has climbed on board the transgenic bandwagon. In 2009, 15% of the corn and 8% of all soybeans produced in the United States were non-GM. Although those are small percentages, some experts expect them to increase. We're seeing growers wanting to break