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This article by David Bartholomew was prepared during the middle of February, Bartholomew, a regular contributor toJAOCS, is manager of the oilseeds division for Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith at the Chicago Board of Trade. In this article, Bartholomew discusses the future role of renewable agricultural resources in providing fuel, noting that it was only during this century that U.S. farmers began to use petroleum as a fuel for tractors as opposed to forage crop as fuel for work animals. Now farmers may again turn to crops as fuel for agricultural production.
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Bartholomew, D. Viewpoint. J Am Oil Chem Soc 58, 286A–288A (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02541575
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02541575