When you look across a field of miscanthus, it’s “hypnotically beautiful,” says Emily Heaton, whose family farm has for two decades grown the first commercial field of this grass in Illinois. Dense, ...

When you look across a field of miscanthus, it's "hypnotically beautiful," says Emily Heaton, whose family farm has for two ...

Delaware State University has received a significant boost in its agricultural and energy research efforts, as two of its researchers were recently awarded a series of patents for their groundbreaking ...

Eastern Shore Super Crop; A Legacy of Advocacy; Chef Kurt Peter Makes Pan Seared Soft Crab. Giant Miscanthus is the new super crop that’s quickly taking root on the Eastern Shore where farmers are ...

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RIDGELY — Over a decade ago, Dave Tribbett had a hunch, and it centered around a 10-to-12-foot tall species of grass — giant miscanthus. Owner of Twin Maples Farms in Ridgely, Tribbett felt it could ...

Until the end of the last ice age, American cheetahs, enormous armadillolike creatures and giant sloths called North America home. But it's long puzzled scientists why these animals went extinct about ...

Alder is operating a renewable crude pilot production plant at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. Credit: Alder Renewables Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from a purpose-grown ...

Giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid perennial, is showing promise for growing on flooded and salt-intruded land in a University of Maryland Extension trial. A University of Maryland trial has shown ...