Colorado Corn Cultivating Opportunities

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Fifteen grants totaling more than $560,000 have been awarded through the “Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy” (ACRE) program.

ACRE is administered by the Colorado Agricultural Value Added Development Board which encourages and promotes business projects that add value to agricultural products, as well as agricultural energy-related projects.

“ACRE is a statewide effort to promote energy-related projects beneficial to Colorado's agriculture industry,” said Tom Lipetzky, Markets Division Director at the Colorado Department of Agriculture. “The grants awarded by this project are an important step toward helping our agriculture industry to be a leading participant in the new energy economy.”

Projects must in some way benefit or be tied to agricultural production or the utilization of agricultural land or water. Grants were awarded in three categories: feasibility studies, project participation and research.

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