2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Nutrient Cycling in Peanut Grown as a Biodiesel Feedstock.
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673-5 Nutrient Cycling in Peanut Grown as a Biodiesel Feedstock.



Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 2:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 360AB
Wilson H. Faircloth and Diane Rowland, USDA-ARS, National Peanut Research Laboratory, 1011 Forrester Dr. SE, Dawson, GA 39842
Although farmers have benefited from the creation of transportation fuels from grain and oilseeds, little research has addressed single farm or community self-reliance on home-grown fuels.  The Peanut Biodiesel Project is designed to determine if peanut is suitable for just such a concept through field evaluations and a scale pilot refinery.
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