Biomass harvesting refers to harvesting where more woody material is gathered than in a traditional sawtimber harvesting. Material down to four inches in diameter is harvested along with large trees ...

EMMETSBURG, Iowa — Farmers within a 45-mile radius of the POET-DSM Project LIBERTY cellulosic ethanol plant at Emmetsburg are in the midst of biomass harvest. Eric Bruhn, of Cylinder, Iowa, bales corn ...

URBANA, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency established the Conservation Reserve Program 30 years ago to improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, and increase habitat ...

New research from N.C. State suggests harvesting wood debris after logging doesn't have a major impact on small animal populations. Wood pellets made from scraps left behind after clear-cutting are ...

Making the shift to renewable energy sources requires biomass, too. This is a story of carbon choices: As societies around the world continue to move toward increased renewable energy portfolios, ...

Harvesting wood debris from areas that have been clear-cut of timber does not affect the animals that live there, according to a study from researchers at N.C. State University. Chris Moorman, a ...

To meet ambitious U.S. Department of Energy targets for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), production of purpose-grown energy crops must ramp up significantly. Although researchers have made substantial ...

Grasslands enrolled in conservation programs provide important habitat for nesting game birds and waterfowl, but conservation grasslands have been targeted as a source of biomass for bioenergy and ...

AMES, Iowa — Three Nebraska farmer-inventors have developed equipment to harvest corn cobs and other biomass that will be sought for cellulosic ethanol production. The inventions were described at ...

Making the shift to renewable energy sources requires biomass, too. In the first study, the researchers examined the effect of residue removal on understory plant communities rather than allowing the ...