The second woman to become President of the Ohio Propane Gas Association was Jane Newton, pictured on the left of the propane powered corn popper here at the Farm Science Review. She is a propane marketer with a family business. Jane was President of OPGA in 2000.

She says their exhibit has just about every kind of propane appliance known to man. I caught up with her just as she was taking some chocolate chip cookies out of a propane powered oven.

When it comes to farmers she says the biggest drawing point has been the Roush Ford F-150 they have on display. She says, “They like the look of the truck. They like the cost of the truck and the cost of the fuel since it’s a lot less than diesel right now.” She says she’s thinking about getting one for their business since they haven’t had a propane powered vehicle in their fleet for a while. I’ll have more on the truck coming up later in my coverage.

You can listen to my interview with Jane here: fsr-08-newton.mp3

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