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MnDOT paying farmers for standing corn stalks
Minnesota transportation officials are offering to pay farms who leave corn stalks standing along highways this winter. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says standing corn stalks will help keep snow from drifting by breaking the wind’s force and limiting snow from blowing onto roads. Farmers have an opportunity to earn money on a per-acre basis if […]
November 7, 2014
Construction Equipment
Re-recycling: Biofuel waste used to make stronger concrete
Researchers at Kansas State University have discovered that by replacing a portion of the cement found in concrete with agricultural waste products, the concrete became stronger. Just think of the process as recycling the byproducts of recycling. To make the stronger concrete, the researchers are use the ash produced when corn stalks and leaves, wheat straw, […]
April 22, 2013
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