SunGrant Feedstock Partnership Woody Crops Program The Woody Biomass Team

 Species Leads Bill Berguson, University of Minnesota – Duluth Brian Stanton, GreenWood Resources, Oregon Tim Volk, State University of New York – ESF Mike Cunningham, ArborGen, South Carolina Randy Rousseau, Miss. State University  USDA-FS Cooperators Marilyn Buford, Washington Office Jim Perdue, Southern Research Station  Other Bryce Stokes, Navarro Eng. Don Riemenschneider, USFS-(retired)  DOE/SGA Coordinators Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tim Rials, University of Tennessee,

 No resources directed to forest residue; focus exclusively to short-rotation crops  Only 2 species under development – poplar and willow  Many existing trials grandfathered in to current program  Continue to provide valuable yield data  Represent a significant investment from the past  Improved material available for 2010

Expanded range Improved varieties Multi-species yield trials Woody crops Switchgrass Sorghum Etc.