Roeslein Alternative Energy, Albany, Missouri, successfully launched its Horizon II information session on March 1, attracting approximately 75 individuals eager to learn more about this innovative sustainable agriculture initiative.
A pilot project led by RAE seeks to lease 6,000 acres of highly erodible land this year in the Grand River basin of northern Missouri and southern Iowa, which will ideally have previously been planted to soybeans. RAE will convert the land to native prairie, which will be sustainably harvested as feedstock to produce renewable energy. Horizon II will also provide incentives to grow cover crops on production agriculture land that will also be harvested for renewable energy.
