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 ...

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 ...

Megan Fox, Colson Baker and Bruce Willis star in the upcoming crime-thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass Megan Fox and Colson Baker are heating up the screen in their new movie. PEOPLE is excited to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) a DOE Bioenergy Research Center led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made an ...

An ongoing study dedicated to identifying and accessing renewable energy source options suggested switchgrass could be a contender. “Switchgrass is a grass that is native to the United States,” said ...

New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research highlights switchgrass’ potential as a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Switchgrass, a promising bioenergy crop, could help meet the US goal of ...