The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff's officials said.

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Robert Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. Now that he finally can make a profit, he's not about to apologize for ripping up prairie land to plant corn.

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By Roxana Hegeman AP Writer Larned, Kan. — A construction boom is under way at grain elevators across the Great Plains, where new varieties of corn are allowing farmers to grow more crops off the same acres and demand from ...

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By Michael Felberbaum AP Tobacco Writer Richmond, Va. — Some researchers say an age-old cash crop long the focus of public health debate could be used to help solve America’s energy crisis, by genetically modifying the tobacco leaf for use ...

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The heavy snowfall has put a halt on what was left of the remaining corn harvest in western Wisconsin. WQOW-TV in Eau Claire reported that typically at this time of year only about 5 percent ...

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By DIRK LAMMERS Associated Press Writer SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could pinch the nation’s water resources says farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon ...

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Steve Karnowski AP Writer Minneapolis — Lower gasoline prices, while a boon for drivers, were a gut punch for ethanol producers and promoters of the high-ethanol blend known as E85. In Minnesota, the nation’s leader in E85 pumps, sales fell ...

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