SunGrant Feedstock PartnershipWoody Crops Program

Sun Grant/DOE Feedstock Partnership

The Woody Biomass Team

WB Team Members 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 (m

buford@fs.fed.us)• Jim Perdue, Southern Research Station (

jperdue@fs.fed.us)

Other• Bryce Stokes, Navarro Eng.• Don Riemenschneider, USFS-(retired)

DOE/SGA Coordinators• Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (

downingme@ornl.gov)• Tim Rials, University of Tennessee, (trials@utk.edu)

Woody Biomass Overview 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

General considerations for 2010

• Expanded range• Improved varieties• Multi-species yield

trials• Woody crops• Switchgrass• Sorghum• Etc.

More detail follows…