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Archive Home > 2008 > January > 06 > A biodiesel crop with challenges to address

A biodiesel crop with challenges to address

Local farmer to test camelina on 60 acres near Terrebonne

By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
January 6, 2008

TERREBONNE — Central Oregon’s approximately 8 inches of annual rainfall are not enough for most crops to grow without irrigation.

But Marc Thalacker, owner of Buckhorn Ranch west of Terrebonne and manager of Three Sisters Irrigation District, thinks he has found a drought-....

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