The National Sorghum Producers (NSP) had asked that the EPA conduct an evaluation to determine which biofuels category (including cellulosic ethanol) could accept sorghum.For those without a New Year's party to attend, the U.S. EPA provided some alternative entertainment as it published a request in the Federal Register on 31 December for public comment on its analysis of the Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Renewable Fuels Produced from Biomass Sorghum. This comment period ends 31 January 2015. The National Sorghum Producers (NSP) had asked that the EPA conduct such an evaluation and determine which biofuels category (including cellulosic ethanol) could accept sorghum. The agency's preliminary assessment of the greenhouse gas (GHG) e...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.