Will the new owners of a mill engineered to turn soy straw into industrial-grade panels for cabinets, door core and other traditional wood-based panel products succeed where others have not?

Agristrand Biocomposites, LLC has acquired a Mankato, MN, production facility for the manufacturing and marketing of composite particle board and door core products made from annually renewable soy straw.

MANKATO, MN -- Agristrand Biocomposites LLC plans to manufacture soy straw panels at the former production facility of Environ Biocomposites.