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Explore how Incobrasa Industries is leading the charge in the biodiesel revolution

current owners ’ father . At the time , it operated crushing plants in Brazil before expanding into the US , strategically picking a location in the heart of soybean country . The site is ideally connected to nearby railroads and an interstate system for transportation . Initially focused on crushing soybeans to produce crude soybean oil and animal feed , Incobrasa operated for about a year and a half before the plant shut down due to plummeting vegetable oil prices at $ 0.15 a pound . However , in 2001 , we expanded by building a refinery to refine vegetable oil on-site and sell it in bulk to two nearby packaging facilities . In 2002 , we changed our approach and began packaging our oil in-house . While the owners may not have initially considered biodiesel , in 2006 , someone visited the plant and highlighted

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