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Readers can submit questions for the forum, which will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, on the Herald's website.

A timeline toward construction unfolds over the next few months. On March 7, the city is slated to approve major property tax breaks for the project, complementing similar incentives already approved by county and school district leaders. By the end of April, the city will likely finish the process of annexing the site of the future Fufeng plant, as well as a group of nearby businesses that have been skeptical of the deal.

A timeline toward construction unfolds over the next few months. On March 7, the city is slated to approve major property tax breaks for the project, complementing similar incentives already approved by county and school district leaders. By the end of April, the city will likely finish the process of annexing the site of the future Fufeng plant, as well as a group of nearby businesses that have been skeptical of the deal.

Although this week’s meeting occurred in a committee session, it telegraph’s the council’s supermajority approval.

Although this week’s meeting occurred in a committee session, it telegraph’s the council’s supermajority approval.

Council set to again discuss the proposed factory on Monday, Feb. 14.

The estimate of 40 cents per bushel isn’t unrealistic for the first year or two of the plant’s operation, said Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University Extension marketing specialist in a Feb. 8 interview. But prices likely will drop off after that.

What will the plant smell like? What will it look like? How many new trains and trucks will soon flow through Grand Forks’ collective backyard?

A group of farmers and others with concerns about the proposed plant to be located in Falconer Township, North Dakota, attended a three-hour Monday, Jan. 31, Grand Forks City Council work session.

But for backers of the new factory — and even for some tough-on-China observers — these questions miss a bigger point.