One of the people I spent some time talking with here at Propane Days is Mark Leitman, Director of Agriculture Programs for the Propane Education & Research Council. Mark is the go to guy when it come to ag and propane.

Because of the way the law was written that created PERC, 5% of the organization’s funds have to go to projects to benefit agriculture. He really wants to make sure the word gets out about all the exciting things they’re doing in this area. Some of those including poultry house sanitizing, and using steam to kill weeds. I found a project they’re working on to fumigate buildings and structures with propane created heat to be fascinating. PERC is also working to develop a cotton defoliating process which would reduce the amount of chemicals being used.

Basically he says PERC’s mission is to make farmers more productive. He also wants people to know that they’re looking for projects to fund in this area since PERC is a grant making institution. He would be the guy to contact if you’re interested.

You can listen to my interview with Mark here: propane-days-07-leitman.mp3