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  • E85 and the Environment

    E85 has the highest oxygen content of any transportation fuel available today, making it burn cleaner than gasoline. Fewer exhaust emissions result in reduced production of smog and a decline in respiratory illness associated with poor air quality. E85 also reduces greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, the main contributor to global warming, as much as 39 to 46 percent compared to gasoline.
     
    Since E85's main ingredient is ethanol, which is non-toxic, water soluble and biodegradable, E85 is simply a better fuel for the world around us.


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    http://www.e85fuel.com


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    Foundations Scholarship
    This scholarship is sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau Inc.
    Stackhouse Scholarship
    The Marion Stackhouse Memorial Scholarship was established to assist Indiana Farm Bureau members in their educational pursuits in an agricultural field of study.
    Career Enrichment Scholarship

    The Indiana Farm Bureau Career Enrichment Scholarship is to be awarded to an adult, 21 years or older, who intends on enriching their career of choice. The scholarship may be used for a workshop, seminar, credit or non-credit class or degree program.

    Harry L. Pearson Outstanding Leader Scholarship

    Incoming Purdue University freshmen and School of Agriculture students are eligible for the Harry L. Pearson Outstanding Leader Scholarship. Funded by Indiana Farm Bureau, this scholarship is given in honor of IFB past president Harry L. Pearson, who has a great love for agriculture education, Purdue University and Farm Bureau.

    District 3 Scholarships
    District 3 offers two scholarships for those in Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe or White Counties.
     

     

    Possibilities Unbound: The Plan for 2025
    Indiana Agriculture's Strategic Plan

    The traditional food and agriculture system has served Indiana and the nation exceedingly well in the past – the result of far-sighted planning and investment. It is now our responsibility to reappraise and reinvent that foundation to meet the needs of Indiana agriculture well into the future. That is the purpose of creating a strategic plan – the development of important strategies to help guide agriculture in this State in the new century.

    Indiana agriculture is highly diverse – growing everything from mint and tomatoes to corn and soybeans, and raising ducks, chickens, pigs and cows. The State is a national leader in many of these areas due to the hard work and efforts of all Hoosier farmers.

    However, the focus on agriculture has been lacking in recent years from State government. The newly created Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) brings this much-needed and expected attention. Now that the Department restructuring is complete, it is time to plan for our future. Indiana agriculture needs direction, and this strategic plan is intended to be our road map to the future.


    How do biodiesel emissions compare to petroleum diesel?
    Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the Clean Air Act. The use of biodiesel in a conventional diesel engine results in substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter compared to emissions from diesel fuel. In addition, the exhaust emissions of sulfur oxides and sulfates (major components of acid rain) from biodiesel are essentially eliminated compared to diesel.

    Of the major exhaust pollutants, both unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides are ozone or smog forming precursors. The use of biodiesel results in a substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons. Emissions of nitrogen oxides are either slightly reduced or slightly increased depending on the duty cycle of the engine and testing methods used. Based on engine testing, using the most stringent emissions testing protocols
    required by EPA for certification of fuels or fuel additives in the US, the overall ozone forming potential of the speciated hydrocarbon emissions from biodiesel was nearly 50 percent less than that measured for diesel fuel.

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    http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/faqs/default.shtm

     

     

     

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