Grass as an energy crop appears promising for bio energy

Growing switch grass as a bio energy crop could result in on farm processing systems to pellitize the crop to heat North Country homes and businesses.

Tom Lee of Madrid has 19 acres of grasses planted on his property in a test trial to see how the switch grass varieties grow in North Country climate.

More than a dozen interested people turned out for a bio energy field day at Lee’s farm. The test plots are included among several research projects around the state.

Cornell University researchers say so far grass as an energy crop appears promising:

Test grass plots are also located in Jefferson County at Belleville-Henderson Central School.
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