CAPE GIRARDEAU — An experiment conducted by the Cape Girardeau County office of the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is capturing the power of sunlight to provide fuel for irrigation. So far, the results have exceeded expectations, a local NRCS engineer said.
Sunlight used to fuel irrigation
Monday, August 13, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 1:36 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008
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