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home : most recent : wayne		September 09, 2010

9/19/2006 9:23:00 AM
Some Wayne County farmers still leery of ethanol boom

Palladium-Item

By Pam Tharp, Palladium-Item correspondent

Ethanol may be the salvation of Indiana agriculture, but Wayne County farmers aren't willing yet to bet the farm on it.

"I'll believe it when I see it. It may be too good to be true," farmer Matthew Cain said. "When some of the (ethanol) plants get going and the prices start going up, that's when I'll believe."

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