Researchers G. Phillip Robertson, Stephen K. Hamilton, Keith Paustian, and Pete Smith wrote that a high degree of certainty exists that land-based carbon storage can accomplish about 2.5 gigatons of CO2 equivalent (Gt CO2e) per year after wider adaptation of electric vehicles, with a maximum capacity of about 110 Gt CO2e. That estimate is near the mid-point of the capacity

Alabama growers are sowing the seeds of a new biofuel oil crop by raising carinata, offering row-crop farmers a new revenue opportunity and an alternative to seeding winter wheat, says Alabama Cooperative Extension.

The USDA announced a series of measures to promote production of fuel from renewable sources, create jobs and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Corn cobs could provide a future energy source, but farmers would have to receive a much higher price than previously thought to cover their costs and turn a profit, according to a Purdue University study.

Iowa State University researchers are testing between-row cover grasses as part of research looking at ways to reduce soil runoff and keep vital nutrients in the soils while crop residue, called stover, is removed from farm fields to produce biofuels.

More of the fertilizers and pesticides used to grow corn would find their way into nearby water sources if ethanol demands lead to planting more acres in corn, according to a Purdue University study.

Perennial groundcovers' root systems may contribute enough carbon to the soil to offset the loss of carbon when stover is removed.