Ongoing research supports biomass harvesting for Project Liberty

Ethanol Producer Magazine
 By Poet LLC
July 11, 2012

EMMETSBURG, IOWA – The most recent soil data from Emmetsburg, Iowa, continues to demonstrate that harvesting crop residue can be a responsible part of good farm management.

The Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg – scheduled for completion in 2013 – will use corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk from area fields to produce renewable fuel. Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, is a 50/50 joint venture between Royal DSM and Poet LLC. For the last four years, Project Liberty has commissioned soil sustainability work from researchers with Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They have studied six different harvest methods in an effort to provide area farmers with data to help them make decisions about biomass harvesting.

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