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If Ken Vogel has his way, switchgrass will become a major new alternative crop for ethanol production. Vogel, an Agricultural Research Service geneticist, based in Lincoln, has led a study paving the ...

In addition, ethanol made from switchgrass is far more energy-efficient than corn ethanol. That's because it takes far less energy to produce a gallon of switchgrass-based ethanol versus a gallon of ...

A federal grant could help researchers clear the final hurdle to make switchgrass a viable source for aviation fuel, a move that growers believe will make the industry soar. In July, the U.S.

WHENEVER MOST OF us hear politicians yammering about ethanol, we probably think: Fine, make the stuff. We don’t care how. Just give us an option other than fossil fuels. There’s some logic to that ...

A state biofuels effort secures a 1,000-acre test tract. The world's largest demonstration field for switchgrass-based ethanol production will sprout up soon in the Panhandle. A 1,000-acre field was ...

New results indicate that processing switchgrass, an important biofuel feedstock, to ever smaller sizes won't reduce machine clogs, and may just be a waste of energy. The processes might get more and ...

Johnson and his colleagues are now studying the insect to learn where it lays its eggs and where larvae feed, for example. That could be crucial knowledge if and when switchgrass become a cash crop ...

Curtis Raines describes himself as "just a dumb old farmer" who's not afraid to ask an obvious question: Why grow corn for fuel when it could be used to feed hungry people? "That just doesn't make a ...

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The fastest way to start a fistfight among environmentalists is to bring up the topic of biofuels — plant-based liquid fuels like ethanol that could potentially take the place of petroleum. Biofuel ...