Right now, our main thrust is the hydromulch. For now, the company will use the production of hydromulch from corn stover as its base and go from there. Hydromulch gets blown along the roadsides to protect soil from erosion. So, the business is looking at the paper and pulp business, and will examine markets for corn cobs. We are finding there are about too many different uses for fiber, McLaughlin says.
Demand exists near and far.
Asia is paper-starved, he notes. Super-compressed hay is being shipped from the United States to Japan, so this could be done with paper, McLaughlin says.