NOVELTY - A fuel pellet comprises an agricultural biomass; where the pellet has a lignin content of not greater than 10 wt.% (dry basis), an ash content of not greater than 4 wt.%, a pellet durability index (PDI) of at least 90, and a heating value of at least 7000 BTU/lb (dry basis).    USE - As a fuel pellet for providing heat useful in stoves and boilers.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel pellets have low ash content, good pellet durability (e.g. as determined by their pellet durability index), heating values comparable hardwood fuel pellets, relatively low lignin content (e.g. not greater than 10 wt.% based on dry basis), low ash content (less than 5 wt.%), low moisture content (i.e. not greater than 15 wt.%); and low triacylglyceride content (not greater than 5 wt.%), and low sulfur content (i.e. not greater than 0.4 wt.%). The fuel pellet shows heating value of at least 7500 BTU/lb (dry basis).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a fuel pellet formed by pelleting a mixture comprising (wt.%): corn (40-90); and an agricultural biomass (10-60) including corn cobs, corn stover, wheat, wheat straw, soy beans, soy bean hulls, soy cotyledon fiber, alfalfa, dried distillers grain, oats, oat straw, sugar beet pulp, sunflower hulls, co-products from corn milling processes, co-products from wheat milling processes, almond hulls, walnut meal, oat hulls, rapeseed meal, rapeseed fractions, bagasse, and/or rice hulls, empty palm fruit bundles; where the fuel pellet has an ash content of not greater than 4 wt.%, a PDI of at least 90, and a heating value of at least 7000 BTU/lb (dry basis); and    (2) producing heat involving burning a fuel pellet formed by pelleting a mixture comprising an agricultural biomass which includes whole corn, cracked corn, corn cobs, corn stover, wheat, wheat middlings, wheat straw, soy beans, soy bean hulls, soy cotyledon fiber, alfalfa, dried distillers grain, oats, oat straw, sugar beet pulp, sunflower hulls, co-products from corn milling processes, oat hulls, rapeseed meal, rapeseed fractions, bagasse, rice hulls, empty palm fruit bundles, almond hulls and/or walnut meal; where the fuel pellet has a PDI of at least 90, and a heating value of at least 6000 BTU/lb (dry basis).