In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources -- by a lot. Using ...

Miscanthus grasses are used in gardens, burned for heat and energy, and converted into liquid fuels. They also belong to a prominent grass family that includes corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Two new, ...

Planting of miscanthus, a perennial grass that will be burned as a fuel by the University of Iowa power plant, has begun on 65 acres of low performing farmland at The Eastern Iowa Airport. The crop ...

AMES, Iowa – Miscanthus, a perennial grass with vast potential to produce biomass, would deliver even better yields than once thought in Iowa, according to research by agronomists at Iowa State ...

AMES, Iowa -- Switchgrass has been a buzzword in renewable fuels for awhile, but Iowa State University researchers say miscanthus may be the answer. Iowa State agronomist Emily Heaton describes ...

For decades the farm was a cow pasture. Then it became a home for corn and other row crops. When Maryland’s governor visited Twin Maples Farm on the Eastern Shore this month, he was met (even ...

I owa doesn't have coal mines, oil fields or natural gas. Resources used to generate energy consumed in the Hawkeye state are imported. Giant miscanthus — a warm-season grass native to Eastern Asia ...

In the realm of good-looking grasses, Miscanthus has long held a certain pride of place. In 1893, the cover of Gardening magazine, published in Chicago, featured a border of hardy grasses — variegated ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This showstopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades. Often ...

Hello from Maine. We'd like to plant eulalia (zebra) grass, as we see along the roadsides. We do not have full sun, and it is very wet, often times flooded. Would this grass be sold at a local farm or ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This show-stopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades.