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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
October 21, 2007
Rex Barber Jr. had planned to combat near-record diesel fuel costs this year by converting a portion of ground wheat from his farm, west of Terrebonne, into ethanol.
But when Barber saw the price of wheat jump more than 150 percent over the last year, he changed his mind.
“The price of....