Category: Kernza® CAP Media

KernzaCAP just released its Year Two Annual Report summarizing the project’s activities and accomplishments from September 2021 through September 2022. KernzaCAP is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) that currently supports over 90 researchers, graduate students, business leaders, nonprofit professionals, and farmers in … Continue reading Kernza®CAP Releases Year Two Annual Report

This summer, farmers and research partners are hosting in-person field days across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kansas to showcase Kernza breeding, production, processing, economics, ecosystem services and market development. The 2022 Field Day Press Release contains more information on each field day and the schedule of events. We encourage the public to register for a Kernza … Continue reading 2022 Kernza^® Field Days Announced

KernzaCAP just released its Year One Annual Report summarizing the project’s activities and accomplishments from September 2020 through September 2021. Collectively, KernzaCAP aims to activate transformational change in agriculture that improves the environment and rural prosperity. Outcomes will include Kernza variety candidates for various regions of the US; best agronomic recommendations for optimizing yield, profitability, … Continue reading Kernza®CAP Releases Year One Annual Report

Capital Journal discusses Kernza®CAP. Jake Jungers, assistant professor in agronomy and plant genetics at the University of Minnesota, is the principal investigator in the project. Valentin Picasso, an associate professor of agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a co-investigator on the project in Wisconsin.

Throughout July and August, farmers and research partners are hosting in-person field days to showcase Kernza across Minnesota and Wisconsin and virtual field days featuring farms in Kansas and Montana. The 2021 Field Day Press Release contains more information on each field day and the schedule of events.

In January, President Biden issued an Executive Order on “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” As part of this process, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested input from the public. Yesterday, The Land Institute and its collaborators submitted a comment, which can be found here.