New Agronomist Brings Miscanthus Expertise to Iowa State


After only a handful of weeks in Ames, one of the newest faculty members of the Iowa State University Department of Agronomy is generating a buzz.

Production biomass agronomist Emily Heaton is touting the benefits of the perennial grass miscanthus. And she should know; Heaton is one of the only people in the U.S. to have any published research on the topic.

“You’ll see more and more about this crop as time goes on,” Heaton said. “I call it northern sugarcane. It’s a great biomass producer.”

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