Pennycress research showcased at WIU field day
Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture will host its fourth annual Pennycress Field Day on May 25 at the Agriculture Field Laboratory.
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Pennycress: The first cash cover crop
Farmers are growing 10,000 acres of pennycress this year, a common weed that’s been bred into a high-value oilseed for biofuels and high-protein meal.
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Field day taking look at pennycress
Field day taking look at pennycress FacebookTwitterEmail ARENZVILLE — The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture and corporate partner CoverCress Inc. will host a field day at Burrus Seed Farm’s research plots beginning at 9 a.m. Friday. Congressmen Darin LaHood and Rodney Davis are scheduled to attend the event, which is dedicated to field pennycress and the efforts to begin its commercialization. Additional field days are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. May 20 at the university’s research farm in Macomb. Western Illinois University agriculture professor Win Phippe...
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