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Project LIBERTY Field Day Underway

Jeff BroinPOET CEO Jeff Broin, seen here being interviewed in the field this morning, is glad for sunshine. At last year’s Project LIBERTY Field Day we had a wet one.

We watched several different equipment manufacturers display their latest products to handle collecting the corn cobs for use in cellulosic ethanol production. I’ve got video clips of them in action which I’ll be posting in coming days. In the meantime you can see photos in the photo album which I just updated.

POET Project LIBERTY Field Day Photo Album

Before we got started I interviewed Jeff about what we should expect. He emphasizes the importance of cellulosic ethanol production and what utilizing corn cobs as a biomass will mean to farmers and rural America. You can listen to my interview with Jeff below or watch the video:

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  • November 3, 2009 — 7:46 pm

    kj

    What program can help the farmrs with their input cost?
    What if a process is available to increase ethanol production by 60+ plus… WHO would be interested??? and do this by using NO MORE CORN…

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  • [...] (IDED) has approved an agreement for the final $5.25 million in financial assistance for Project LIBERTY, Poet’s cellulosic pilot project that will convert corn cobs to ethanol. The announcement ups [...]

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