Agronomy activities at the EBI Energy Farm

University of Illinois - College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Published: Jun. 4, 2012

University of Illinois associate professor and Extension specialist Tom Voigt says that he feels "fortunate and happy" to be involved in EBI's research activities.

Voigt is a specialist in turf, landscape, and biomass grasses and is the principal investigator for EBI's Feedstock Production/Agronomy Program at the Energy Farm.

"One of the main studies we have out there uses replicated plots of Miscanthus x giganteus, switchgrass, a recreated tall grass prairie, and a corn-corn-soybean rotation, " he said. "We have five replications of each of those plots. We are comparing yields of those plants, we're looking at the crop development from initial planting to maturity and how the yields change, how the crops change, and how the populations may change over time."

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