The Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing provides a sound, science-based roadmap to support new biofuels and bioprocessing enterprises in Louisiana. The institute links our state’s agricultural base with emerging bioenergy initiatives, thereby expanding and strengthening local, state and regional economies.

Sweet Sorghum Blog from the Iberia Research Station on 5/9/2008

Sweet sorghum is a summer annual crop which has potential for use as a biofuel feedstock. Sucrose in the juice extracted from sweet sorghum can be converted into ethanol using currently available, conventional fermentation technology. This report provides sweet sorghum production guidelines as well as 2009 research results from nitrogen fertilization trials.