Feel good about the materials you use

Our plant-based raw materials are much more than just that.

COST SAVINGS

XanoFiber™ can save our customers at least 20% in raw material costs over wood. To reduce transportation costs to customers’ facilities and minimize our carbon footprint, Hexas grows its XanoGrass™ near customers’ production locations. XanoGrass’™ low ecological demand and physical and mechanical characteristics work well in multiple applications and result in significant savings for our customers.

GOOD FOR FARMERS

We believe in our farmers. By producing XanoGrass™ our farmers can produce a crop they can be proud of and one that will work for them for 15-20 years without a large annual investment of time and resources and at set year-over-year pricing. We are building long-term relationships with farmers to revitalize areas that can no longer support food crops. If you are interested in producing XanoGrass™, please contact us.

EQUAL OR BETTER PERFORMANCE

Whether it is substituting for, or supplementing, wood or non-wood biomass in energy production or products, XanoFiber™ can outperform these materials in multiple applications. For example, particle boards made with wood and XanoFiber™, or XanoFiber™ alone, perform as well as wood boards. XanoGrass™ outperforms other biomass crops in bioenergy and biofuel production as a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved bioenergy crop.

GOOD FOR THE PLANET

XanoGrass™ is perennial, fast growing, yields 20-35 dry tons of biomass per acre year-over-year, is highly pest resistant, grows in different climates and soil types, tolerates drought, and requires less land that almost all other dedicated biomass crops for production. Our XanoGrass™ sequesters substantial carbon both above and below ground and is a nitrogen fixer. Hexas can grow our Xano Grass™ in most soil types, including on high salinity, marginal, and contaminated land. 

RELIABLE, LONG-TERM PRODUCTION

A single XanoGrass™ rhizome can produce stalks for 20+ years. We plant it once and leave it with minimal maintenance and no tilling after establishment. This leaves the carbon sequestered by XanoGrass™ in the soil.

good for the soil, good for the earth

XanoGrass™ can be used for bioremediation to remove chemicals and heavy metals from soil. It is a nitrogen fixer and adds nutrients to depleted soil so that it can be used for food production or return to its native state.