Are you paying high for gas in Arkansas? Do not worry Arkansas State University Assistant professor Kevin Humphrey finds out that Arkansas is suitable place for bio-energy.
Dr. Kevin Humphrey demonstrated the class of agriculture communication on Wednesday morning how the bio-energy is extracted from the different types of grass. After conducting long time res
earch by Director of agricultural lab Dr. Humphrey and his colleagues has found that Arkansas is the suitable to grow the grass “Sky keepers” for bio-energy production. To test the different pesticides and the mineral uses to grow the grass Dr. Humphrey has cultivated using the different minerals in different plot. “All the plots grasses are grew well, and it will be tall around 16 feet” Humphrey said.“In all regions of Mississippi Delta regions these sky skippers can be grown, and after some test and procedures we will encourage farmers to grow such grass” Humphrey added. Even he claims that due to the political interfere in alternative source of energy it is taking long time to come in the market for the costumers.
Not only the sky skipper’s soybean, Camel ion and other different crops can be also use for bio-energy. And these all can be easily grown in Arkansas. Likewise, after the tour of the field, Dr. Humphrey took the class to the lab and show how the bio-energy is produce.
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