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Biomass Scoping Study: Opportunities For Agriculture In Western Australia, Kim Brooksbank, Mitchell Lever, Harriet Paterson, Melissa Weybury
Biomass Scoping Study: Opportunities For Agriculture In Western Australia, Kim Brooksbank, Mitchell Lever, Harriet Paterson, Melissa Weybury
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This report aims to provide a summary of national and international activity in the use of agricultural by-products for the production of bioenergy and biofuels. The summary is primarily an internal report for the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA), but will hopefully be of some value to industry proponents that are interested in pursuing the opportunities provided by what are currently low value agricultural waste products. We outline three processes for obtaining energy from these by-products that may be appropriate for the farming sector in Western Australia (WA).
Crop Residue Mass Needed To Maintain Soil Organic Carbon Levels: Can It Be Determined?, Jane M. F. Johnson, Jeff M. Novak, Gary E. Varvel, Diane E. Stott, Shannon L. Osborne, Douglas Karlen, John A. Lamb, John Baker, Paul R. Adler
Crop Residue Mass Needed To Maintain Soil Organic Carbon Levels: Can It Be Determined?, Jane M. F. Johnson, Jeff M. Novak, Gary E. Varvel, Diane E. Stott, Shannon L. Osborne, Douglas Karlen, John A. Lamb, John Baker, Paul R. Adler
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
Corn’s (Zea mays L.) stover is a potential nonfood, herbaceous bioenergy feedstock. A vital aspect of utilizing stover for bioenergy production is to establish sustainable harvest criteria that avoid exacerbating soil erosion or degrading soil organic carbon (SOC) levels. Our goal is to empirically estimate the minimum residue return rate required to sustain SOC levels at numerous locations and to identify which macroscale factors affect empirical estimates. Minimum residue return rate is conceptually useful, but only if the study is of long enough duration and a relationship between the rate of residue returned and the change in SOC can …