University of Minnesota researchers are working to domesticate a perennial grain crop known as intermediate wheatgrass that one day could appear in your car’s fuel tank, your pantry or even ...

ROSEAU, Minn. - Richard Magnusson is all too familiar with difficult planting conditions. So the Roseau, Minn., farmer is intrigued by Kernza, an obscure-for-now wheatgrass that could cut input costs, ...

WITTEN, S.D. — As you drive through south central South Dakota, you will notice a lot of tall grass. It's quite likely Alkar intermediate wheatgrass. This forage is a different variety of wheatgrass ...

Carmen Fernholz, right, describes the challenges and strides made in developing the intermediate wheatgrass trademarked as Kernza. He spoke during a field day at the A Frame Farm near Madison, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Before World War II, soybeans were a minor crop in Minnesota, grown mainly as a forage or green manure. During the war, production was encouraged because there was demand for the bean's ...

PINE BLUFFS – Some eastern Wyoming farmers nosed their tractors into fields this spring pulling drills planting a new variety of intermediate wheatgrass that may negate Wyoming’s fussy weather and ...