Corn cobs eyed for ethanol, fertilizer

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Fri, 07/17/2009 - 15:32

Corn cobs like these have long been leftovers in the farming process.Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash.




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