Biofuels
Biofuels are gaining interest as an alternative to petroleum-based products and natural gas. Biofuels are energy products produced from renewable biological resources – everything from corn, soybeans, and grasses to trees, animal manure, food waste and algae.
The feedstocks from which
biofuels are produced represent a promising sustainable,
environmentally-friendly and economically viable opportunity for farms as
cash crops and as on-farm energy sources. The pelletizing of switchgrass for
small indoor heating stoves and the development of a tractor-driven hay
pelletizer and small-scale biodiesel manufacturing equipment may signal the
beginning of a new farm-based business opportunity.
Click on the links below to learn more about NNYADP bioenergy projects and
other resources related to biofuels.
Press Releases
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Evaluating Grasses as Bioenergy Crops: New
Plantings at Belleville-Henderson School Among Those In & Planned for NNY
- North Country Farmers Switching to Grass
as Energy, Livestock Feed Crop
Research Reports
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Evaluation of Warm Season Grasses for Biofuel Production in NNY (2007)
Additional Resources
- See also Grass-Based Agriculture in NNY
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Grass Biofuel Summary - Sept. 2005
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www.grassbioenergy.org
