Helping cows stay healthy is goal No. 1 at the Lardinois dairy near Pulaski, WI. Feeding more grass and less alfalfa in the dairy's total mixed ration...More
Todd Churchill needs more producers to finish cattle on organic grass pastures so he can meet the burgeoning demand for his premium-priced beef. Sales...More
If more Wisconsin dairy producers would chop alfalfa the same day it's mowed, they'd harvest higher-quality haylage and reduce rain-damage worries, says...More
Farmers in 21 Tennessee counties hope to figure out how to grow, harvest and market crops, including switchgrass, for bioenergy. They're doing it through...More
No doubt about it: Traipsing around an auction yard on a cold, windy winter day to examine a load of hay or straw before making a bid is no fun. Dealing...More
More and more livestock producers are looking at crabgrass, not as a weed, but as a high-quality summer hay and pasture alternative. The sturdy annual...More
The cost of harvesting and storing switchgrass in round vs. large square bales is being studied by University of Tennessee scientists as cellulosic facilities...More
Not one, not two, but three bahiagrass varieties have recently been introduced for Southern graziers and hay growers. All offer improved yields, two are...More
If your pastures are in the fescue zone the central U.S. from southern Iowa down through Arkansas, and from the mid-Atlantic states west to Kansas your...More
Part of corn ethanol's claim to fame has been that, when burned, it decreases greenhouse emissions by 10-20% as compared to gasoline, according to the...More
Sorghum, an annual grass that can grow 12' tall, is seriously being looked at for its biomass potential. Sorghum produces high yields, is naturally drought-tolerant...More
Mulling over prospects for growing switchgrass as a feedstock for biofuel or biopower? In many respects, it's not all that much different from growing...More
With the prices growers can get for alfalfa, you'd think it wouldn't be considered as a potential biomass crop. Yet university and USDA researchers see...More
Geneticist William Anderson is looking into how well bermudagrass, napiergrass and bahiagrass would work as biomass crops in Georgia and other Southeastern...More
A University of Minnesota study has found that cellulosic ethanol will produce fewer greenhouse emissions than do gasoline or corn ethanol. What makes...More
Expect strong federal support for developing the cellulosic ethanol industry to continue under the Obama administration, says Cole Gustafson, biofuels...More
An old grass is offering a new option for farmers who intensively graze their pastures. Meadow fescue, a bunch-type grass native to northern Europe and...More
Growers may get government financial help in establishing eligible bioenergy crops as part of a program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. The Biomass...More
Hay growers are used to hearing that cellulosic ethanol biofuel made from grass, wood or other non-edible plant material is just five years away, says...More
A dedicated energy crop seed company is taking seed orders for two new switchgrass varieties and two new high-biomass sorghum hybrids under its Blade...More
It looks to be good for the environment, but will cellulosic ethanol be good for growers' pocketbooks? A University of Nebraska study growing switchgrass...More
Although billions of dollars are being spent on biofuels research, one piece of the puzzle a cost-efficient, effective way to convert biomass into cellulosic...More
Private companies are making investments in cellulosic ethanol from building pilot facilities and/or commercial biorefineries to developing enzymes and...More
Ryegrass can make great feed, but there are several types and growers need to know the differences, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska extension...More
Although slow to propagate,this crop offers high yields. Giant miscanthus is an impressive, 11'-tall grass that produces 10-16 dry tons/acre from stands...More
