In hindsight, the managers of Davenport's Nahant Marsh say they should have moved more quickly. But when they first spotted a small stand of reed canary grass growing in the area across the water from ...

A long-term research has revealed that reed canary grass can be turned into an excellent ‘green’ fuel for biomass power stations and, on a smaller scale, boilers in buildings like schools. The ...

Research by the Bio-Re-Gen (Biomass, Remediation, re-Generation) project team at Teesside University has revealed that reed-canary grass can be turned into an excellent fuel for biomass power stations ...

As the temperature neared 90 on a day in early June, Sara Rother revved up a weed-whacker and began to cut down the waist-high grass that blanketed the small island she stood on in the Mississippi ...

The old adage “you can take the boy out of the farm but you cannot take the farm out of the boy” rings loud and clear with this aging writer. My how I do love the farm and farming. Too old to ...

One evening last week, my wife and I rode our bikes down the Red Cedar Trail. Lynne’s intent was to get a little exercise. My mission was to find something to write about for today’s column. The first ...

Researchers from Aarhus University are comparing greenhouse gas emissions from a conventional potato crop rotation on drained peat soil with the cultivation of reed canary grass for biomass production ...

It’s almost spring. The first robins are singing. And the town of Manchester has started spreading sewage effluent over its new spray fields. The town started spraying water at the site March 1, but ...

The La Crosse District of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is accepting bids for the reed canary grass hay harvest on about 100 acres in three designated areas on the ...