SIDNEY, Mont. - Chuck Flynn spends a lot of time these days with his hands in grease.

He's not an auto mechanic, but he is excited about biodiesel and what it could mean for producers in the upper Midwest.

“We're studying the potential of biodiesel from locally grown oilseeds by producers,” says Flynn, a research chemist at Montana State University's Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney. “We spend a lot of money for oil. If we can (make) our own, why not?”
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