The straw leftover from harvested wheat could be turned into bio-based chemicals that offer high greenhouse gas savings and do not compete with food supplies or damage ecosystems. The wheat stalks ...

Is wheat straw the next big thing in natural fibers? Maybe so, according to a new report from environmental nonprofit Canopy. During the pilot, wheat straw was baled in Punjab and Haryana, India, ...

Every year around 734 million tons of wheat straw are produced worldwide, a large amount of waste, which is cheap and has had no well-defined use until now. Recently, the RNM-271 Chemical Engineering ...

Typically baled, burned or left behind, the wheat straw market is evolving. Technology breakthroughs combined with sustainability awareness and the renewable movement have elevated wheat straw and ...

Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to manufacture, resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions. A ...

With Missouri forage supplies in short supply due to drought, some livestock producers are looking at wheat straw as feedstuff, despite its poor nutrient quality. This leaves wheat farmers asking what ...