Grants: Agriculture/Pollution Prevention
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Alternative Energy from Agriculturally-Derived Pellet Fuel
Saginaw Valley State University analyzed the technical and economic viability of manufacturing a renewable and environmentally benign pellet-fuel that competes with wood pellets for heating residential and light industrial buildings. The research included a study of the economic and environmental impact of the long-duration performance of a commercially available biomass combustion furnace that will be set up to heat a light industrial building in the region. The project will included a web-based interface that provides real time telemetry information to both the researchers and the general public.
Conservation Tillage Risk Protection Program
The program demonstrated the use of conservation tillage in two subwatersheds of the Tittabawassee River. The project offered the expertise of a certified crop consultant, and financial protection against economic loss on the enrolled conservation tillage corn acres during the term of the project. Conservation Tillage equipment was leased by the Shiawassee Conservation District and provided to farmers who are participating. In similar experiments in Illinois and Indiana, the poor economic impact concerns of new practices were unfounded, as protection dollars were never spent.
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SAGINAW BAY WIN ~ c/o The Conservation Fund ~ P.O. Box 734 ~ Bay City, MI 48708
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