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Feedstock Development

The goal of Feedstock Development is to develop new and improved perennial grass cultivars and hybrids that can be used on marginal cropland in the Central US for the production of biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts.

Our Feedstock DevelopmentĀ team members have produced an extensive resource library with material for everyone involved in the development of perennial grasses. Click the links below to jump to each one on the page:

Germplasm to Harvest

Rob Mitchell in a field of grass along with other researchers.The Germplasm to Harvest research group was led by Rob Mitchell, Research Agronomist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (Northern Plains).

Below are the four research teams in thisĀ group. Learn more about what each team researched and the materials they produced on the pages below: