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Study identifies best bioenergy crops for SAF by US region, policy goals

Agricultural and consumer economics professor Madhu Khanna (left), civil and environmental engineering professor Jeremy Guest, and crop sciences professor DoKyoung Lee. Photo by Michelle Hassel. / SOURCE: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

July 26, 2024

BY University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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