Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - January 19, 2018

Research Finds Land Management Practices Matter in Cellulosic Biofuels Production

New research from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago at Illinois and the International Food Policy Research Institute shows that incorporating conservation practices can both increase soil organic content and improve the greenhouse gas profile of biofuels produced from crop residues. A January 11 study in Global Change Biology: Bioenergy, looks at how adapting conservation practices in a typical corn-soy rotation can add organic content to soil and improve the GHG profile of cellulosic biofuels. Researchers examined the offset to soil organic carbon loss when stover is removed by various conservation practices. Importantly, the research shows that without additional conservation methods to offset the loss of organic content in the residues, organic stocks of soil may decrease over time, thus decreasing the greenhouse gas (GHG) benefit of cellulosic biofuels production. 

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Headlines:

1. California-Trump Administration Fuel-Efficiency Talks Intensify

2. EU Parliament Approves Renewable Energy, Biofuel Targets to 2030

3. Farm Groups Meet to Examine Role of Agriculture in Building Climate Resiliency

4. FoodMaven Raises $8.6 Million to Capture and Sell Lost Food

5. NASA, DLR Announce Joint Flight Tests on Biofuel Emissions

 

 

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