Boomer farmers face tough choices on aging farms in US Midwest
Tim Forkner, a 45 year old Missouri grower with a 4500 acre Vernon County operation, says rising costs and weather risk erode margins. USDA data show average farm operators aged mid 50s, with 44 percent of farms run by baby boomers aged 35 to 54 in 1997. Analysts expect land sales to large agribusiness rise as big farms get bigger and mid sized farmers shrink or shift to niche livestock enterprises.
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ST. Louis
Tim Forkner
Vernon County
Missouri
Forkner
Nathan
Agriculture Department
USDA
Wayne Prewitt
University of Missouri
Vernon County Extension Office
Missouri Farm Bureau
Kelly Smith
Eldon Cole
University of Missouri Extension
Neutrino Quest Drives Minnesota Underground Lab
Miners and scientists descend into the Soudan Underground Mine to study neutrinos in a $170 million MINOS project. Researchers aim to prove neutrinos have mass by detecting interactions from a beam fired from Batavia Illinois to Soudan. The project involves a 6000 ton detector, 27 foot steel sheets, a $46 million DOE grant, and a 450 mile beam path, with a mural by Joseph Giannetti to spark tourist interest.
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Outan
Minn
Jit
Soudan
Chicago
Minnesota
Marvin Marshak
University of Minnesota
MINOS
Soudan Mine
Tom Poderzay
Soudon
Jerry Meier
U.S. Department of Energy
Minneapolis
Joseph Giannetti
Marshak
Batavia
Ill
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Soudan, Minn
Enron's Dabhol Plant in India Declines After High Hopes
Enron built a $2.9 billion Dabhol gas fired plant in Maharashtra, India, with Bechtel and GE as partners. Start was delayed, payments disputed, and the 1840 MW project stalled by 2001. The site, once 15,000 strong during construction, now sits as a rusting shell amid unpaid debts and parallel Bombay court battles. The World Bank had flagged it as unviable in 1993, while critics claim political pressure and bribes influenced the contract.
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Bombay
India
Enron Corp
Texas
Maharashtra
Maharashtra State Electricity Board
Enron
Dabhol
Yellow Helmets
U.S
Bechtel
General Electric
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