Category: Timeline Stories

  • Planted 18,200 acres of native grasses

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    FDCE continued heavy its involvement in native grass establishment for CRP enrollment. During this two-year period FDCE continued projects in 9 states: GA, IN, IL, IA, MN, MO, OH, VA, WI across 71 counties and 603 customers.

  • Planted 31,812 acres of native grasses

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    FDCE continued heavy its involvement in native grass establishment for CRP enrollment. During this two-year period FDCE continued projects in 13 states: 13 states: IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, OH, MI, MO, NC, ND, SD, SC, VA across 134 counties and 493 customers.

  • Planted 21,821 acres of native grasses

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    2016-2018 FDCE continued heavy its involvement in native grass establishment for CRP enrollment. During this two-year period FDCE continued projects in 15 states: AL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, OH, PA, MI, MO, ND, NE, SD, VA across 155 counties and 442 customers.

  • Planted 56,257 acres of native grasses

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    FDCE remained heavily involved in native grass establishment for CRP and WRP projects. Over a two-year period FDCE completed projects in 13 states: AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, OH, MI, MO, NC, ND, SD, TN, VA across 191 counties and 727 customers.

  • Sustainable Landscape Design – Precision Agriculture

    Sustainable Landscape Design – Precision Agriculture

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    2015-2022 Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems Completed 2018. Awarded to ANTARES with FDCE serving as lead for producer recruitment and production logistics. The project’s multi-stage, stakeholder outreach plan leveraged several existing federal, state, and local conservation programs with a transformative approach based on producer profitability for integrating switchgrass…

  • BALES Project

    BALES Project

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    2013-2017 FDCE successfully led a DOE effort to “Demonstration of an Advanced Supply Chain for Lower Cost, Higher Quality Biomass Feedstock Delivery.” The project team coined the project “Biomass Alliance for Logistics Efficiency and Specifications” — BALES for short.   Antares and other team members designed and tested robust harvesting/ semi-trailer designs and tested a…

  • Feedstock Supply System for Lignocellulosic Bioenergy

    Feedstock Supply System for Lignocellulosic Bioenergy

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    2010-2015 Design and Demonstration of an Advanced Agricultural Feedstock Supply System for Lignocellulosic Bioenergy Production FDCE was project lead and performed corn stover, switchgrass, and miscanthus harvest in five states. This project was scored as one of the two highest rated projects within the US DOE feedstock supply and logistics program through an independent expert…

  • Integrating Pollinators into Bioenergy Crops

    Integrating Pollinators into Bioenergy Crops

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    2014-16 Conservation Innovation Grant – Integrating Pollinators into Bioenergy Crops FDCE established approximately 2,000 acres of switchgrass and associated pollinator field borders in Southside Virginia. FDCE was also responsible for landowner recruitment, outreach, communication and environmental, social and economic outcomes.

  • Iowa NRCS Statewide Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

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    2010-2014 FDCE in partnership with Ducks Unlimited worked closely with NRCS and 78 producers to execute conservation on approximately 10,000 acres. FDCE was responsible for management and establishment of upland restoration practices. FDCE also provided inspection and quality control of each project, submitted NRCS monthly status reports and required forms.

  • Iowa Regional Conservation Partnership Program

    Iowa Regional Conservation Partnership Program

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    2022-Present Regional Conservation Partnership Program AFA #2810 As of this writing, FDCE is executing this project, the Iowa Climate Smart Switchgrass Cropping System. A major project objective is transitioning 5,000 acres of marginal cropland, expiring CRP, hay land and pasture land to switchgrass. Significant progress has been made toward this overall objective while enhancing water…