Ethanol coproducts to be used to reduce herbicide use.(Conservation news you can use)(Brief article)

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, May, 2007

Distillers dried grains (DDGs)--coproducts of converting corn into ethanol--might have additional new uses, including reducing weeds and thereby decreasing dependence on herbicides.

USDA Agricultural Research Service plant physiologist Steve Vaughn is one of many scientists conducting studies that suggest that applying DDGs as a surface mulch to soil can result in fewer weeds.

For more information contact Jan Suszkiw at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (301-504-1630, jan.suszkiw@ars.usda.gov).