University of Illinois and Colorado State University researchers find fuel and food increases in switch from corn production to perennial grasses on marginal lands

Growing perennial grasses^? on the least productive farmland now used for corn ethanol production in the U.S. would result in higher overall corn yields, more ethanol output per acre and better groundwater quality, researchers report in a new study. The switch would also slash emissions of two potent greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Read more: http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/0712switch_EvanDeLucia.html.