Roeslein Alternative Energy

For a great understanding of what is happening around the Missouri Grand River, watch this recap of our recent Grand River Conference where Roeslein Alternative Energy, Smithfield Hog Production & the Environmental Defense Fund brought together conservationists, food producers, scientists, educators, farmers and policy makers to discuss the future of responsible land management on and around the Missouri Grand River Basin.  #Restoration #farmers #rivers #landmanagement 

Roeslein Alternative Energy is working with internationally recognized research institutions, Iowa State University (ISU) and Penn State University (PSU), as part of a multi-institutional consortium focused on a Sustainable Agricultural Systems Program grant awarded from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture. This consortium is titled the Consortium for Cultivating Human and Naturally reGenerative Enterprises, or C-CHANGE, and RAE joined these efforts in 2020. https://hubs.la/Q02Z6Rzr0 Leading research institutions ISU and PSU are hosting informational webinars on topics ranging from digester economics to the emerging science they have uncovered through years of dedicated field research. Catch the following episodes before this year is over! 12/10: Why Biomass Digestion May Be the Next Big Thing? Exploring beyond manure, this webinar discusses the significant role biomass plays in enhancing the feasibility of digestion projects, ISU webinar https://hubs.la/Q02Z6-GL0 12/18: Maximizing Economic Returns from a Digester, PSU webinar https://hubs.la/Q02Z6Ytl0

Roeslein Alternative Energy’s (RAE) Director of Government Relations and Horizon II Grant Director, Bryan Sievers, regularly hosts educational tours at his roughly 2,500-acre farm in Stockton, IA. One group, the US Sustainability Alliance (USSA) visited Sievers Family Farms to learn about regenerative agriculture practices, including anaerobic co-digestion of manure, food waste, corn stover, cereal rye straw, and, most recently, biomass from cover crops. Sievers Family Farms is a highly integral partner in achieving the efforts of RAE’s Horizon II project. Learn more about the Horizon II Climate-Smart Commodities Grant project and read the article from USSA about the economic and environmental benefits of a circular farming approach implemented on Sievers Family Farms! https://hubs.la/Q02Z6Zyw0 https://hubs.la/Q02Z6ZHZ0

A recent article in Iowa Farmer Today examines nutrient loss reduction strategies in the U.S. Midwestern states of Iowa and Missouri. Notably, 2024 marks a decade since Missouri, the "Show-Me State," implemented its nutrient loss reduction plan. In Iowa, the state's approach focuses on maintaining soil fertility by monitoring critical metrics, including cover crops, tillage practices, and the application of synthetic fertilizers. Nutrient loss, namely nitrogen and phosphorous, from non-point sources like agricultural run-off, negatively impacts farmers' profitability, diminishes soil productivity, and contributes to hypoxia zones in the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. Roeslein Alternative Energy's Horizon II project, part of the USDA's Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities Grant program, seeks to reduce the nutrient loss on farms by promoting a cyclical model that enhances on-farm energy production, ecological services, and wildlife restoration for small and mid-sized farmers in Iowa and Missouri. Over the next five years, we aim to plant over 40,000 acres of winter-hardy cereal rye cover crop material and restore an additional 40,000 acres of prairie harvested for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production in Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa. https://hubs.la/Q02TrCfz0

The ability to store natural gas in salt caves acts as a natural battery, which can decrease the carbon intensity of America’s energy system. This natural battery is available, viable, and already in use. https://hubs.la/Q02GbN060

The Conservation Federation of Missouri won the coveted “Affiliate of the Year” award last night in Washington DC at the National Wildlife Federation’s Annual Awards Dinner. Tyler Schwarze, Executive Director of the Federation, accepted the award and was joined on stage by his Board of Directors. Congratulations to all of your hard work and continued support of our Horizon II Initiatives!

Biogas as a Key Element in Mexico's Energy Transition -- There has been an extensive debate on the energy transition, including the concept of a just energy transition, which underlines that each country has a specific case linked to its level of development, not only in energy matters but also in meeting the basic needs of society. In this context, it is important to reflect on the distribution of the national energy matrix and its use, in order to visualize how migration toward greener or cleaner energies can be achieved, facilitating the aforementioned just energy transition. Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q02qWvYy0

How a new wave of clean fuels bills could spur a biogas boom: New Mexico just became the fourth state to enact a program, which has the potential to give biogas projects from landfills and on-farm digesters a boost. Could more states soon follow? Read more: https://hubs.la/Q02q7g0M0