Article: United States: Biodiesel plant set for grand opening.

Byline: manish03

A public event to celebrate the grand opening of an area soybean oil and biodiesel plant has been planned for later in the month. A grand opening ceremony, along with other activities and presentations are planned to take place between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Prairie Pride, Inc., a combination soybean oil extraction-biodiesel refining facility located at 17700 S. T Highway, about six miles east of Fort Scott near Eve, Mo.

The companys $80 million 210-acre production facility, which began operations last fall, crushes soybeans to extract the soy oil, a product which is then refined into biodiesel fuel. The gates of the ...

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