I am in 7th grade at Scattergood Friends School in West Branch. We've been learning about soil biosequestration and how that can help reduce greenhouse gasses by storing carbon in the soil. I am ...

All farms have areas of poor soils. Some are simply a fertility issue, some are waterlogged part of the time, some have very low organic matter and some are so free draining that surface rooted plant ...

Planting of miscanthus, a perennial grass that will be burned as a fuel by the University of Iowa power plant, has begun on 65 acres of low performing farmland at The Eastern Iowa Airport. The crop ...

Planting discounts are on offer for new and existing growers of miscanthus to help meet the demand of the growing market. The UK’s largest producer group Terravesta, which has long-term, fixed price ...

Natural England is encouraging farmers planting miscanthus to avoid large areas of mono-habitat by incorporating strips of pollen and seed crops, but warns attention is needed to protect existing ...

I owa doesn't have coal mines, oil fields or natural gas. Resources used to generate energy consumed in the Hawkeye state are imported. Giant miscanthus — a warm-season grass native to Eastern Asia ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus “Cabaret,” a type of variegated maiden grass, is noted for its wide green leaves with a creamy, irregular midrib that forms a substantial, arching clump. The ...

Climate change is an urgent threat to societies around the world, driven by carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels such as oil. One of the most effective ways to curb emissions is to replace these ...

MONTICELLO - After five years of experimenting with growing miscanthus, John Caveny knows the large perennial grass' potential. The Monticello farmer sees it and other switchgrasses as an alternative ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This showstopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades. Often ...