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Sweet Opportunity For Farmers
By Mr Ethanol | August 18, 2008
The Amherst Daily:
Beets from Cumberland County could soon be fuelling cars if a proposed ethanol plant goes ahead as planned.
Ron Coles, manager of communications and public relations for Atlantec BioEnergy, said farmers across the province this summer planted 550 acres of beets to be used as a demonstration and in the company’s research.
“The main focus was to get a demonstration to Nova Scotia farmers.”
As part of the project, Atlantec BioEnergy held a series of farm tours throughout the province so people could see the beets in farmers’ fields.
Now the company is bringing the tour to Cumberland County farmer Doug Bacon’s sugary crop.
Coles said the company learned a lot from the first crop and added there is a lot of potential for growth in Nova Scotia.
“We see a lot of opportunity with the land that’s available.”
Bacon, the farmer contracted to grow energy beets in Cumberland County, said bad weather in the spring meant they were a little late getting the beets into the ground on his farm.
“I think it will be interesting to see how they turn out,” he said.
With about 20 acres of energy beets growing in his field as part of the test run, Bacon said he could see committing a few hundred acres to them in the future as part of his crop rotation, if they turn out to be profitable.
“It’s another opportunity to the farmer.”
As Bacon lifted heavy leaves to show the top of a beet too big for him to wrap his hands around, he said it is important for farmers to be diverse and added he thinks they need to be a little adventurous.
“I think it’s exciting.”
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