We are hosting a trip to Germany.  The Agri-Technica Expo November 10-14 will be the highlight of the trip.  http://www.agritechnica.com/home-en.html  With 18 exhibition halls, over 320,000 m² exhibition floor space and more than 2,200 exhibitors, Agritechnica is the world’s largest exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment. 

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: dietharle@netexpress.met

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.

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

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)

...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)

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)