May 4, 2006: Research and development is a pastime Glenn would like to do as a full time occupation. So he was in hog heaven when we called a local turf farm to see their latest project which was making bio-diesel from leftover animal fat and grass clippings. We visited these people and spoke with them briefly about what they were doing and what we wanted to do with our ethanol project. They gave us the name of a local man, Edwin Avery, who works with the education department and also is a farmer's advisor. We called this man and he said he would come out to the Ranch to talk with us about the crops we might grow on our newly plowed ground. May 5, 2006: Edwin Avery came to the Ranch for a visit, and once he recovered from seeing the airstrip, golf course, flowers, etc., he sat down to talk about our possibilities for a crop. We discussed the fact that corn is the product of choice in the west, but here something else would be a better source from which to make ethanol. He said that he had been in touch with an associate of his in Tifton, Georgia at the University of Georgia Experimental Station, and the two of them had been talking about getting the word out to Georgia farmers about the advantages of planting pearl millet as a addition to the soy bean and peanut crop favorites. This pearl millet has a three fold advantage when grown. Birds are attracted to it, animals can use it as food, and ethanol can be made from it. Edwin gave us the name of his associate, Jeffery Wilson, and we placed a phone call to him right away. Glenn explained that we would like to come down to Tifton to discuss pearl millet with him. An appointment was made for the following Thursday.