Bonaparte on farm stills touted as energy breakthrough
Leonard Conrad, head of Conrad Industries, says on farm alcohol stills will convert corn to ethanol at 150 gallons daily on a 200 acre Bonaparte farm and later at Centerville. He projects 5 000 to 6 000 gallons daily with a larger plant and plans to hire hundreds, with byproducts used as livestock feed.
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Iowa farmers in nationwide grain transport poll
DES MOINES AP Farmers in 16 states will take part in the Pioneer Poll on Grain Transportation sponsored by Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc. Thomas Urban says the survey targets 75 000 completed questionnaires to show policymakers farmer views on roads rail lines and grain rates.
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Iowa farm assets hit record 57.2 billion in 1980
Iowa’s farm assets rose to about 57.2 billion at the start of 1980, a new high and about 5 percent above 1979. Real estate leads with 43 billion, livestock and poultry 2.9 billion, machinery and vehicles 5.6 billion, crops 2.8 billion, household equipment 985 million, with 750 million on deposit. Farm debt stands at 9.1 billion, up 1.3 billion from a year earlier.
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Coppola Says Audiences Embrace Ambitious Cinema
Francis Ford Coppola, director of Apocalypse Now, states that a picture as ambitious and controversial as this can bring out the public and that he believes audiences appreciate adventurous cinema. Variety reports his view.
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