More help on the horizon for establishing biomass crops?

Since beginning work on Productive Conservation on working Lands in July of 2007, one of the major obstacles has been making biomass crops economically competitive in comparison to traditional row crops such as corn and soybeans. In an article from the November issue of Ethanol Producer magazine, author Susanne Retka Schill details new programs that will be working toward that end. Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) received most of Shills attention. Also mentioned in the article was Minnesota’s Re-invest in Minnesota (RIM) Clean Energy program. Both of these programs promise to provide establishment incentives for farmers to grow biomass crops for nearby industrial users.