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Ethanol bringing hope to farmers

By Christine Des Garennes
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 2:00 PM CDT

The way Bernie Hammel sees it, investing in an ethanol plant is kind of like buying a combine.

Except, instead of seeing values depreciate in a few years, the retired Champaign farmer expects to reap a profit from investing in ethanol.

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