Case IH Collecting Cobs

Chuck Zimmerman

When it comes to harvesting equipment for Case IH, Scott Acker is who you want to talk to. He’s their Director, Harvesting Marketing. I spoke with him at POET’s Project LIBERTY field day right after he answered a bunch of questions from farmers who were attending. Sam says POET approached them with the idea of collecting cobs to make ethanol …

Agribusiness, Audio, Cellulosic, Equipment, Ethanol, POET

Farm OEM’s Developing New Equipment

Chuck Zimmerman

The Director of Business Development for POET is Scott Weishaar. He was the guy who told us about the various equipment options on display at their Project LIBERTY field day. That’s because he works directly with the farm OEM’s. He says the response from the OEM’s is phenomenal. There are several systems already being tested and they should be available …

Audio, Cellulosic, Equipment, Ethanol, Farming, POET

Big Equipment Finance Options

Chuck Zimmerman

Someone had to provide assistance to get all this big machinery to the POET Project LIBERTY field day last week. That someone was MachineryLink, represented by Landon Morris, Vice President, Marketing. Landon says they’re in the business of leasing late model combines and that they heard about the project a year ago. So what they’re doing is leasing machines directly …

Audio, Equipment, Ethanol, POET