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Fed up with propane dependence, poultry producer installs corn-burning stoves


By Mike Surbrugg
msurbrugg@joplinglobe.com
PIERCE CITY. Mo. — Don’t expect Bill Harvill, a Stark City contract poultry producer, to just sit back and wring his hands over rising costs to keep chickens warm.
Neither will he give up on looking for support from the government to help manufacturers that make corn-burning stoves and the farms that use them.
Harvill […]