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asophogus asophogus
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11 years ago
Due to the recent flooding of Cedar Rapids area, many farm crops are devastated.  A posting on a forum I read said this is a total loss.  Is it?  The crops cannot be used for human comsumption but can it be used for ethanol, fuel or ANYTHING else?  I'm a city slicker so I don't know much about farming but know enough to estimate this crop loss is on a massive scale.  Thank you for your time and patience.
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firebird39 Author
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11 years ago
No . The condition of the crops described is such that it MAY not be useful even for Ethanol production .

The only practical use is to plow it back in the field ; allow to rot or decompose completely and treat it as a Green manure ,

Or make a compost manure also called organic fertilizer .
In this way the organic matter will be reused .
Click the links for more information -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_fertilizer#Organic_fertilizers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost

I hope that somebody might give you a better advise.
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11 years ago
The Best use for the devastated crops is to plow them into the soil for use as a natural fertilizer.
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