Authorized by the 2008 farm bill, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program will provide financial assistance to producers or entities that deliver biomass material to designated biomass conversion ...

The federal government wants to increase the country’s energy independence but, when it comes to converting biomass to energy, there’s a problem: The balance of supply and demand. Producers won’t grow ...

WASHINGTON -- One day after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would lower the goal for cellulosic ethanol use in the nation's energy supply because there is not enough ethanol available ...

CANTON, Minn. -- When Congress passed the Biomass Crop Assistance Program in the last farm bill, renewable energy supporters and sustainable agriculture advocates both cheered. Here is a program to ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini announced July 1 that FSA began accepting applications on June 30 from foresters and farmers seeking financial ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini announced that enrollment began Aug. 19 for farmers and forest landowners seeking financial assistance for ...

RISI, a Boston-based research company serving the forest products industry, has released its Wood Biomass Market Report, which comments that new "draft" rules announced by the Farm Services Agency ...

COBLESKILL - Thousands of acres of underutilized farmland in Delaware, Schoharie and Greene Counties will find new purpose as a project area for a Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) which will add ...

The growing pains of the federal Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) may be nearing an end, presenting an opportunity for those in Oregon’s biomass industry. The growing pains of the federal ...

Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. OMB Control Number: 0560-0175. Type of Request: Revision. Abstract: NAP is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under regulations issued ...

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WASHINGTON — USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess announced July 29 that biomass conversion facilities can begin signing up to participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.