USDA’s rule not only establishes what crops, but also what practices qualify for 45Z credit. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

Corn is a key source of biofuel. Fertilizing it releases a potent greenhouse gas into the air, so the federal government had approved research to grow the crop with less nitrogen. The funding is now ...

The energy crisis sparked by the Iran war has spurred renewed interest in the fuels, but some experts are skeptical of their ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers propose policies that would reward farmers for adopting "climate-smart" practices ...

Canary Media’s " Eating the Earth " column explores the connections between the food we eat and the climate we live in. In ...

In the past year, as the diversion of such food crops as corn and palm oil to make biofuels has helped to drive up food prices, investors and politicians have begun promoting newer, so-called ...

Bigger-than-expected corn and soybean supplies are the latest challenge facing financially strained U.S. farmers. Crop price pressures, high farming costs and demand woes are intensifying pressure on ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sweet and biomass sorghum would meet the need for next-generation biofuels to be environmentally sustainable, easily adopted by producers and take advantage of existing ...

Global oil prices are surging due to a war in the Middle East. This is increasing demand for biofuels made from crops.