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Article: Farmers eye biodiesel plant
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- Journal of Business
- Article date:
- September 15, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Northwest Business Press Inc. Sep 15, 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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With diesel prices above $3 a gallon and some Inland Northwest farmers having difficulty finding enough fuel to keep their machinery operating, four Spokane and Whitman county agricultural cooperatives are weighing development of a biodiesel plant in one of the two counties.
They've drafted a business plan to construct a 5-million-gallona-year, $8.5 million biodiesel facility here and are hoping to find funding, says Jim Armstrong, spokesman for the Spokane County Conservation District.
"If we had the financing we would begin to write seed-crop contracts and begin a crushing operation by next year," says Armstrong.
Biodiesel can be used in most diesel engines without modifying the engines, ...