Ethanol ash eyed as possible fertilizer

NTV.com (Nebraska)
Associated Press - August 17, 2009 6:35 AM ET

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - Researchers at South Dakota State University are trying to find out if they can squeeze one more product out of the ethanol process.

Dried distiller's grains is a byproduct of turning corn into ethanol. It can be fed to livestock or it can be heated to produce a gas that is useful in making bioplastics and lubricants.

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