sun grant/doe feedstock partnership
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SunGrant Feedstock PartnershipWoody Crops Program
Sun Grant/DOE Feedstock Partnership
The Woody Biomass Team
WB Team Members Species Leads
• Bill Berguson, University of Minnesota – Duluth• Brian Stanton, GreenWood Resources, Oregon• Tim Volk, State University of New York – ESF• Mike Cunningham, ArborGen, South Carolina• Randy Rousseau, Miss. State University
USDA-FS Cooperators• Marilyn Buford, Washington Office (m
buford@fs.fed.us)• Jim Perdue, Southern Research Station (
jperdue@fs.fed.us)
Other• Bryce Stokes, Navarro Eng.• Don Riemenschneider, USFS-(retired)
DOE/SGA Coordinators• Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (
downingme@ornl.gov)• Tim Rials, University of Tennessee, (trials@utk.edu)
Woody Biomass Overview No resources directed to forest residue;
focus exclusively to short-rotation crops Only 2 species under development – poplar
and willow Many existing trials grandfathered in to
current program Continue to provide valuable yield data Represent a significant investment from the past
Improved material available for 2010
General considerations for 2010
• Expanded range• Improved varieties• Multi-species yield
trials• Woody crops• Switchgrass• Sorghum• Etc.
More detail follows…
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