Iowa Gets Grant to Develop Biomass Crops

PorkMag.com
Pork news staff Thursday, May 06, 2010

Iowa has received a $200,000 grant to develop perennial biofuel cash crops for the state's southern region.

Iowa State University was awarded the grant by the Sun Grant Initiative to fund biomass crop production research, and forms a partnership with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service. The funds will be used for research at Iowa State, Southwestern Community College as well as on-farm research.

Iowa State will focus on crop selection and improvement. Southwestern Community College participants will identify methods to grow and use biomass crops as an energy source.

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