Benson couple putting bioenergy to the farm test

Rosemount Times (Rosemount, MN)

Tom Cherveny, Forum Communications Company
Published Tuesday, September 02, 2008

BENSON — Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord took 30 acres of good cropland and decided it’s time to find out: Are productive conservation and bioenergy for real, or are they just the buzz words of the day?

So far the quest for that answer has been “frustrating,” Luverne Forbord acknowledged as he led a couple dozen visitors recently on the Prairie Horizons farm between Benson and Starbuck.
Although the visitors expressed surprise at how well a mix of warm-season grasses — everything from bluestem and switchgrass to Canada wild rye — has taken hold on the 30 acres, Forbord said it has not been easy.

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