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From Coal to Climate Smart: Switchgrass Projects Aim to Reclaim Iowa’s Low-ROI Farmland

  • April 10, 2026
  • Emily Heaton, Hellen Kayaga, Virginia Leach

As we prepare for the 2026 Biomass Webinar Series to kick off in July (register here), here is a refresher on the large Iowa switchgrass projects featured in 2025 Biomass Webinar Series.
Urbana, Illinois – In Chariton Valley, Iowa, switchgrass activities are expanding yet again. Nearly twenty years after the Chariton Valley Biomass Project demonstrated how farmers could stabilize their soil and their income using switchgrass to complement coal in power stations,…

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Federal Biomass Targets Take Center Stage in Webinar

  • April 8, 2026
  • Emily Heaton, Hellen Kayaga, Virginia Leach

As we prepare for the 2026 Biomass Webinar Series to kick off in July (register here), please enjoy this first in a series of posts highlighting presentations from the 2025 Biomass Webinar Series. This one is from Matt Langholtz, the lead author of the 2023 Billion Ton Report, which is the authoritative assessment of how much biomass is available to use for biofuels without affecting current food and wood use.…

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