Scientists Study Feasibility of Switchgrass for Energy Production

Scientists Study Feasibility of Switchgrass for Energy Production / March 10, 2006 / News from the USDA Agricultural Research Service:
by Don Comis
"The northern Plains region was chosen first because the economics seemed most favorable there. Farmers can expect switchgrass yields to be high enough there to produce 100 to 400 gallons of ethanol per acre with current varieties.
Results from the main part of the study--the economics of growing switchgrass for bioenergy--are promising. Those results will be issued in May."