UF/IFAS Study: Sweet Potato Crop Shows Promise as Feed and Fuel
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 09:01
in Mathematics & Economics
As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found that sweet potato vines, usually thrown out during harvest, can serve well as livestock feed while the roots are an ideal source for biofuel.