Fuel farming: Missouri farmers harvest bumper crop of ethanol, raising spirits and cash.(ENERGY BY THE BUSHEL)(Cover story)

From: Rural Cooperatives | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Campbell, Dan | Copyright information

As he guides his combine across fields of ripe corn near Marshall, Mo., Brian Miles doesn't look anything like a Texas oil tycoon. Nor do Randy Britt of nearby Kaseyville or Dale Samp of Cairo, Mo., as they tend their crops and livestock.

But a new breed of home-grown 'oil baron' is sprouting on farms like this all across America. J.R. Ewing (of "Dallas" fame) has nothing on these farmers and others like them, some of whom are making more profit these days from their inv...

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