Wind, ‘the last crop to harvest,’ grabs attention of more farmers across the (SW Minnesota) area

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Wind, ‘the last crop to harvest,’ grabs attention of more farmers across the area

By Tom Cherveny,West Central Tribune
Published: 01/23/2009

REDWOOD FALLS — If attendance at the mid-winter seed corn meeting seems down, it might just be because everyone is at the wind power meeting instead.

What some are calling the “last crop to harvest” is capturing growing attention from farmers and other landowners in western Minnesota, as evidenced by wind energy forums Wednesday night in Madison and Thursday in Redwood Falls.

Both sessions attracted more than 100 participants. It was no surprise to Cheryl Glaeser with the Southwest Initiative Foundation, one of the event’s sponsors.

She said the Initiative Foundation has been conducting a number of renewable energy sessions across the 18 counties of southwestern Minnesota, and each has attracted crowds ranging from 80 to 125.

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1. I think that there is already a 40 acre wind farm down there and just

across the border in Iowa there are already many individual wind towers spread out all over the area. I only wish someone up here in Northern Minnesota had the same idea. We also have many water power options up here that should be looked into.