APRA-E grant funds $5.5M project for corn and sorghum nitrogen fertilizer reduction

In Wisconsin, a multi-institution research team led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison received $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel approach to cut synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use in two key crops for U.S. ethanol production – corn and sorghum. The UW-led project was one of nine projects that were recently selected to share $38 million in funding from ARPA-E’s Technologies to Emend and Obviate SYnthetic Nitrogen’s Toll on Emissions (TEOSYNTE) program, which aims to decrease agriculture-related emissions and lower operating costs for American farmers.