Word: gavett
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...Earle Gavett, director of the Department of Agriculture's Energy Office, estimates that farmers will save $1.1 billion on gasoline and diesel fuel this year. The amount that individual farms will save, says Mike Pieschel, president of the Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Springfield, Minn., "is not by itself going to prevent any farmer from going under. But it sure as hell is going to have an impact" in reducing the cost squeeze for some growers. Salesmen of tractors and combines are less sanguine. Says Cletus Chappell, co-owner of C&W Equipment Co., of Jerseyville, Ill.: "The savings will...