Evidence released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service suggests that the use of switchgrass as a viable cellulosic ethanol feedstock may be gaining credibility. "It ...

Feb. 1, 2006 — -- It grows throughout the Great Plains and parts of the South, can be used to make ethanol -- an efficient and environmentally friendly fuel for cars -- and it has the potential ...

Tim Reinbott, superintendent of the Bradford Research Center in Boone County, Mo, clutches a handful of switchgrass on March 17, 2015. Switchgrass is a perennial, warm-season grass that’s native to ...

Several years ago, farmers had a pretty good financial incentive to grow switchgrass. Now, they’re looking for a new market to justify planting the lush, warm season grass. Will Brandau, chairman of ...

Drumroll, please: Announcing the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2014. It's an upright and robust member of the switchgrass family (Panicum virgatum) known commonly as Northwind. Before a plant can be ...

The unrealized promise of a biomass industry aside, switchgrass offers many advantages for land owners thinking about adding a native grass to their pastures, said Dirk Philipp, forage researcher and ...

Biofuels processors who mill switchgrass into fine bits to help its flowability should be able to save time, energy and money by not doing so, a new study shows. Biofuels processors who mill ...

It's natural, it's all-American, it's a native that was here before any humans arrived, and it's green in many ways. It's switchgrass. We've blogged about this prairie grass that once stood taller ...

If you’re searching for an ornamental grass that can withstand harsh conditions, switchgrass is the plant for you. Seriously, you can even spot certain varieties of this plant peeking out of snow in ...

Switchgrass yields more than 540 percent more energy than the energy needed to produce and convert it to ethanol, making the grassy weed a far superior source for biofuels than corn ethanol, reports a ...