Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Seong Park, 940-552-9941, scpark@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Jim Ansley, 940-552-9941, jansley@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – Operating on the thought that, if it is not feasible, it’s not going to be done, a group of Texas AgriLife Research scientists is studying the costs of getting potential bioenergy sources such as mesquite to the [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jim Ansley, 940-552-9941, jansley@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – Biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for converting at least 10 million acres of Texas brush into biofuel, according to Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas AgriLife Research rangeland ecologist in Vernon. A study using an adiabatic bed gasifier to convert [...]
AgriLife Research will do a three-year study to determine benefits VERNON – What happens when traditional cotton country is converted to grow bioenergy crops? That’s what a team of Texas AgriLife Research scientists will determine in a new U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture-funded project. The team, led by Dr. Nithya [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Algae typically isn’t associated with cattle feed, but a Texas AgriLife Research scientist and graduate student have found some interesting results that may change this during their three-phased study. Two of the three phases are currently complete and the third phase is slated for completion this June, according to researchers. Their research [...]
COLLEGE STATION – The U.S. Department of Energy has granted more than $1.8 million to a researcher looking at tobacco as a potential fuel source. And if that succeeds within 18 months, almost $2 million more will be given to transfer the technology into giant reed, a fast-growing grass species. “The goal of our project [...]
COLLEGE STATION – A sorghum hybrid that does not flower and accumulates as much as three times the amount of stem and leaf matter may help the bioenergy industry, according to a study appearing today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A team at Texas AgriLife Research has discovered a gene that [...]
AMARILLO – Manure, grain and stalks all have a value as a biomass or source of energy. Texas AgriLife Research in Amarillo is trying to determine just how much “bang for the buck” there might be in these agriculture leftovers. Dr. Brent Auvermann, AgriLife Research environmental systems specialist, said in an effort to serve the [...]
AMARILLO – Biofuel feedstock production in the Texas High Plains could significantly change the crop mix, which could affect regional income and groundwater consumption, according to Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Service economists. Dr. Steve Amosson, AgriLife Extension economist in Amarillo, and Dr. Seong Park, AgriLife Research economist in Vernon, are joining other [...]
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas AgriLife Research bioenergy program has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research plant breeding methods to produce high-yielding energy sorghum. The research studies will encompass extensive work utilizing three energy sorghum varieties and screening for superior traits that would enhance yields, said Dr. [...]
“We don’t know the long-term future of cellulose bio-fuel crops, but we want to be ready in Texas to grow them if they prove lucrative.”
