Sunday
Oct112009

Germany trip planned for March 2012

Circle Energy will then take a tour of cold press facilities.  Showcasing vegetable oil production.   Also seen will be biogas and solar.  (link to trip page)

Group will be limited to 8.  Contact Dieter Harle today for more info.  563-940-1440

 email: dieter@bestoptionsinc.com

 

 

Grab your passport and pack your bags for a trip to remember.  The cost is less than you would expect and includes airfare, lodging & meals.

Sunday
Mar292009

Penn State cold presses with the Kern Kraft oilseed press and operates tractors on SVO

Penn State and New Holland Company are testing biofuels in farm tractors. Glen Cauffman, Manager of Farms and Facilities at Penn State purchased the Kern Kraft KK40F the summer of 2008 and is now producing cold pressed canola oil. This oil will be used for biofuels.   Cauffman plans on supplying Penn State foodservice with canola oil and then converting the used oil to Biodiesel.  This will showcase the sustainability of farm pressed oil.

 

Link to Video:  http://www.wgal.com/video/18965197/index.html

Sunday
Jan182009

Farmers Can Use Crops for Own Fuel

DODGEVILLE, Wis. — Farmers
a century ago used a different kind
of “horsepower”in their fields, allot-
ting a certain amount of their crop
for fuel in the form of feed.
Fast-forward to modern agricul-
ture where another version of horse-
power runs on fuel that perhaps was
extracted from underground on the
other side of the world...

Illinois AgriNews September 26,2008 (PDF)

Sunday
Jan182009

Circle Energy at 2008 Farm Technology Days

...Robert Winkler, of Hilbert, was

tracking an idea that intrigued him

several years ago. He found the Circle

Energy Booth where Eric Hamilton

and his student, Christoph Pahmeyer,

of Halle (Westfalen), Germany, were

squeezing out yellow tubes ofmeal and

clear oil with a Kern Kraft soybean

press...

Wisconsin State Farmer July 18, 2008 (PDF)

Sunday
Jan182009

Custom operator participates in German biofuel tour

FOND DU LAC

Mike Tasch and his sons Kevin and

Chad own and operate a business that

provides a variety of planting, harvesting

and other custom services to east

central Wisconsin farmers from Lake

Winnebago to Lake Michigan...

 Wisconsin State Farmer, March 28, 2008 (PDF)