In Virginia, Osage Bio Energy announced that it will break ground next month on its Appomattox Bio Energy plant, a 65 Mgy barley ethanol plnt that will be the largest in the US using barley as a feedstock. Barley is a winter crop that can be double cropped with soybeans, and produces a high quality meal in addition to fuel ethanol.
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