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gamechanger2011
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Message Posted: May 22, 2012 8:02:43 PM
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"With the purchase of two new pieces of equipment Feedstox is prepared to begin executing contracts to harvest biomass in less than two weeks, says Jeff Roskam, CEO of the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy. The recently purchased Challenger combine-baler combination equipment has a unique capability. “It harvests the wheat and bales in the same pass and the straw never hits the ground,” he said.

The equipment, which is manufactured by Agco Corp., can be utilized the same way in corn fields or to harvest switchgrass and miscanthus. Because the biomass never hits the ground, cellulosic ethanol producers would see 5 to 6 percent ash content. Ash is material that cannot be converted into useable product, including dirt. “Very few of these models are on the global market today,” said Todd Stucke, director of marketing hay and harvesting for Agco."
Feedstox biomass harvesting fleet nearly fully assembled
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Shockjock1961
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"The two new pieces of equipment are part of a fleet of seven assembled by KABB, the parent company of Feedstox, with the help of a $4.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds"

what a scam. Buy equipment using money stolen from the taxpayer, then lease it out at a "profit"...
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One of the things in the new farm bill about Biomass from US News: The Lugar-Conrad amendment includes $193 million for the troubled Biomass Crop Assistance Program. With the program, the taxpayer provides up to 50 percent of a farmer's costs to plant and use biomass crops. This program was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Inspector General in 2010 for having wide ranging problems with unequal or improper payments to participants, as well as issues with the inconsistent administration of program's provisions.

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I also liked this bit of information: Congress set a target that we would produce and use 500 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol in 2012. Yet when it became clear that the target could not be met, the Environmental Protection Agency had to step in and lower the goal to 8.6 million gallons—97 percent less than the original goal—and it still remains unclear if even a drop of cellulosic ethanol was blended into fuel last year.
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