Perennial Biofeedstock Energy Workshop 

Perennial Biofeedstock Energy Tour and Presentations

BIG FLATS PLANT MATERIALS CENTER

Friday, August 10^th  2012

Registration-   9:30 – 10:00

 Presenters during the field tour 10:00 – 12:30

 Paul Salon-USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Specialist, biomass projects at the Big Flats PMC

 Dean Tiessen - New Energy Farms, Miscanthus Production and Management

 Hilary Mayton - Cornell Plant Breeding Department, summary of bioenergy grass cultivar study

 Larry Smart- Cornell Horticulture/Plant Breeding Departments, willow breeding project

 Christine Layton- Cornell Dept. of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology;  Biology and Managemen of Switchgrass Smut.

  Lunch & Demonstrations 12:30 – 1:30:         

 12:45-  Paul Lawson - Small Pellet Mill demonstration

 1:15-    Kim McNight-   Powdered Biomass Burner, Summerhill Biomass Systems

 Speakers: 1:30 – 3:30

 1:30-    Tom Voigt - University of Illinois- Crop Science Dept. Midwest biomass energy perspective and Miscanthus production research and the invasive species issue.

2:00-    Jerry Cherney- Cornell Crops and Soils Science Dept. Chemical composition and management of grasses in regards to combustion and emission.

2:30-    Denise Costich- USDA- ARS.  Molecular and phenotypic markers for switchgrass breeding and development.

3:00-   Tom Richard- Director of Penn. State's Institute of Energy and the Environment. Cellulosic energy research and commercialization update.

3:30- Adjorn

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Contact Paul Salon paul.salon@ny.usda.gov (607-562-8404) for further information. Please email ASAP to cancel if  plans change so we can  determine lunch and tour wagon needs.

3.5 CCA credits pending approval

                                                                                                                                                                                                

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