Firms eye profits in leftover corn plant products

Des Moines Register
By PHILIP BRASHER • pbrasher@dmreg.com • May 16, 2010

Washington, D.C. — There was a time when farmers used every bit of a corn plant:
• Grain would feed the hogs.
• Cobs could fuel the kitchen stoves.
• Stalks could feed cattle or provide bedding.
That time may come again.

Ethanol producers are increasingly using corn stover to power their plants, and they're working on using the stover itself to make the fuel.

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