Pigs Poised to Fuel Northwest Missouri State U.

Northwest Missouri State University is getting ready to burn hog waste to keep its campus warm.

The university plans, within a year, to begin using the alternative fuel -- which is plentiful, given the large number of local hog farms. The fuel was developed by Jason Helton, the director of biomass research at the university, who found a way to mix hog waste with switch grass by using modified pieces of farm equipment. During the

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