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The Challenge: Get Canola Biodiesel From a Local Crush Plant, Fill a Farm Machine and Go to Work.

Source: Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.))By Matt Bewley, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.

Aug. 4--CROOKSTON -- The challenge: Get canola biodiesel from a local crush plant, fill a farm machine and go to work.

This scenario is getting closer every day to becoming a reality, and a lot of people are waiting for it. Barry Coleman, executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association, is one of them.

"I know plenty of people who would like to get the canola biodiesel from a crush plant and use the biodiesel themselves," he said.

Paul Aakre, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota-Crookston, is heading an effort to test the feasibility of the concept.

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