Prairie cordgrass is one of the “big four” native grasses in South Dakota with potential as biomass feedstocks. The others include switchgrass, Indiangrass, and big bluestem.

"Prairie cordgrass is an interesting species," he says. "As a warm season grass, I think it is unique in being able to handle low temperatures, ...

Prairie cordgrass has received comparatively little attention because, unlike the others, it is not a good forage crop. "The cow has a preference; ...

Prairie cordgrass has received comparatively little attention because, unlike the others, it is not a good forage crop. However, as interest in energy crops and in feedstock production for cellulosic ...

A newly discovered insect species in prairie cordgrass may explain why increasing seed production has been so difficult, according to entomologist Paul J. Johnson, a professor in the plant science ...

I love the look of ornamental grasses, but prefer to plant natives in my yard. Do you have any suggestions for native grasses that will take the place of the usual nonnative types and still look good?

URBANA, Ill. - March 2012 was unusually warm. Biomass crops around the Midwest were well established and thriving. But when a late frost came in mid-April, all of that changed.

Experimental "prairie farm" designed to prove farmers can make a living off native grasses From the air, South Dakota looks like a patchwork quilt, as if someone neatly sectioned off the landscape ...

PIERRE | It's 2004, and South Dakota State University forage crop breeder Arvid Boe is trying to figure out what insect has been wreaking havoc with his switchgrass plants in ...

URBANA -- Most prime agricultural land is used to produce food crops, leaving biofuel producers to establish crops on marginal land. The soil on marginal land is often salty, making ...