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Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) found that transitioning land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture can be advantageous for American landowners, the government, and the environment.
Land enrolled in the CRP cannot currently be used for bioenergy crop production, wherein high-yielding plants (like miscanthus and switchgrass) are harvested for conversion into marketable bioproducts that displace fossil fuel- and coal-based energy. Established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1985, the CRP incentivizes landowners to retire environmentally degraded cropland, exchanging agricultural productivity for native habitats an
Farms and Land in Farms USDA Report, February 21, 2021 : The Prowers Journal theprowersjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theprowersjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former US Rep. Collin Peterson still wants to help agriculture
Former U.S. House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., 76, talks about life after being defeated by Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn. Fischbach was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Peterson is interviewed at the Becker County Museum in Detroit Lakes, Minn., where his Washington office (desk, various personal items) are being recreated for posterity. Peterson served 30 years in Congress and 10 years before that in the Minnesota Senate. 5:29 pm, Feb. 19, 2021 ×
Former Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., has donated his old office desk from 30 years in Congress to the Becker County Museum in his home town of Detroit Lakes, Minn. The longtime House Agriculture Committee chairman said he still wants to be useful for agriculture. Photo taken Feb. 5, 2021, in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
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