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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, working with scientists from the USDA, have received a $4.6 million grant to explore how switchgrass, a native prairie grass and ...

Which varieties of switchgrass have sufficient biomass and low enough levels of ash to be turned into high-quality ethanol, a biofuel for cars sometimes called “grassoline”? Can tree rings from trunk ...

This native grass can capture atmospheric carbon in its substantial root system. While switchgrass has been seen as useful as a clean-burning source of renewable fuel, it also has the ability to pull ...

Biologists are one step closer to the goal of making a cheap, widely available plant a source for energy and fuel. Lowland switchgrass ready for harvest. Overton, Texas. Photo Credit: Jason Bonnette ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State University is teaming up with a California biotechnology company to develop commercial varieties of switchgrass adapted to the Northern Great Plains.