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Production of biomass fuel could generate $1.3 billion for KY farmers & woodland owners

By Knox van Nagell | September 3rd, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

State looks at grasses, grains, wood products to produce fuel

Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009
By: Bill Estep, bestep@herald-leader.com

FRANKFORT — If Kentucky could develop a full-scale system to produce grasses, grains and wood products for conversion to transportation and power-plant fuel, it could pump $1.3 billion or more into the pockets of farmers and woodland owners, a state official said Wednesday…. Read more and Kentucky.com

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