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ChicagoTribune.com
Associated Press
7:10 AM CDT, June 13, 2009
MAPLETON, Ill. - The first commercial harvest of a plant once called "stinkweed" took place Friday in a field near the Peoria County town of Mapleton.
The weed in question is now called pennycress. It's a member of the mustard family with seeds that contain 36 percent oil -- twice as much as soybeans.
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Posted by Natalie at 5:15 AM
Labels: biodiesel, Illinois, pennycress
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