Carbon mitigation payments can make bioenergy crops more appealing for farmers
Fahd Majeed (pictured, with miscanthus) and Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois, studied the effect of carbon mitigation payments on bioenergy crop profitability. Credit: University of Illinois Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks are barriers for investment by farmers. A new study from the University