When corn is converted to ethanol today, only the corn's kernels are used. The stalks and husks are largely considered to be waste. This is because, as every moonshiner knows, only the corn's kernels ...

Injecting bio-oil made from corn stalks and forest debris into the deep shafts of abandoned crude oil wells could be a viable form of carbon sequestration, a new Iowa State University study found.

As Caleb Hamer evaluated his corn last weekend, he says the crop looked like it flipped a switch and decided it was done growing for the season. “Between the southern rust, some tar spot, and I think ...