CASHTON - The BEST BioDiesel Cashton, LLC plant closed Monday, one of many U.S. facilities that have shut down since a $1-per-gallon federal tax credit for biodiesel production expired at the end of 2009.
The plant had eight employees when it closed, Cashton Village President Bob Amundson said Thursday. He was one of the eight. The plant began production in December 2007, but Amundson said it hadn't made any biodiesel since the end of March.
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