Work continues to commercialize pennycress into a viable biofuels feedstock. Dr. Win Phippen at Western Illinois University has spent the past 15 years developing pennycress from a roadside weed into a domesticated commercial crop. “We want a plant that a farmer can confidently plant in the fall, get it well established in the fall, survive […]
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The head of USDA says the Trump administration remains committed to supporting America’s farmers and ranchers. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says China’s first
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