pennycress

Win Phippen of Western Illinois University's School of Agriculture said it’s much more efficient to produce fuel from pennycress than it is to manufacture ethanol from corn because pennycress has natural plant oils stored in its seeds.

CoverCress will initially be sold as a whole grain seed for feeding broiler chickens, but the ultimate market is for sustainable aviation fuel.

"I'm excited to announce that Western Illinois University has been awarded $10 million," WIU Agriculture Professor Win Phippen said before being…

A Western Illinois University Ag professor has spent the last several years researching new crops for use as biofuels. Soon he will taking that expertise…