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Kernza is a perennial grass that can be harvested for grain or forage.

Photo taken on U of MN St. Paul Campus

The Kernza Cap Project: We are striving to create a sustainable agricultural system where farmers, businesses, communities and consumers benefit from healthier soils, cleaner water, stronger economies and more resilient social networks. We believe perennials are the key to the future of agriculture and that Kernza® can lead the way.

Kernza grains and ripe seedheads

Kernza Cap Project: The USDA SAS CAP program funded a five year grant, “Developing and deploying a perennial grain crop enterprise to improve environmental quality and rural prosperity”

Forever Green Crops

U of MN researchers are working on a wide variety of perennial grains, oilseed crops, winter annual cover crops, forages, woody perennials, and native prairie species.

Working together we can enhance and develop new agricultural systems that will improve natural resources and provide new economic opportunities. Our team consists of experts in the areas of genomics, breeding, agronomics and commercialization.

The Forever Green Initiative is a University of Minnesota and USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) program to develop new crops and high-efficiency cropping systems. READ MORE

Kernza is a perennial grass that can be harvested for grain or forage.

Kernza grains and ripe seedheads

Kernza Cap Project: The USDA SAS CAP program funded a five year grant, “Developing and deploying a perennial grain crop enterprise to improve environmental quality and rural prosperity”

Forever Green Crops

U of MN researchers are working on a wide variety of perennial grains, oilseed crops, winter annual cover crops, forages, woody perennials, and native prairie species.

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