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Feasibility of an Adaptable Biorefinery Platform: Addressing the Delivery Scale Dilemma under Drought Risk

Farmer, Michael C.; Benson, Aaron; Liu, Xiaolan; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 46 (2014) 01

Conversion of biomass to electricity is often not economically feasible as a result of large transportation costs and … uncertain biomass deliveries year over year as a result of climatic variability. We find that, for conservative electricity … average only 38% of available biomass for peak electricity prices. …

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Economic Competitiveness of Bioenergy Production and Effects on Agriculture of the Southern Region

English, Burton C.; Torre Ugarte, Daniel de la; Walsh, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 38 (2006) 02

development of a large-scale biobased industry are reported, and a study on the potential to produce electricity from biomass … the United States and biomass as a feedstock source relative to fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum. An estimate of … the biomass resource base is provided. Estimated changes in the agricultural sector over time resulting from the …

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Policies to Facilitate Conversion of Millions of Acres to the Production of Biofuel Feedstock

Epplin, Francis M.; Haque, Mohua - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43 (2011) 03

development. If lignocellulosic biomass from perennial grasses becomes the feedstock of choice for second- and third …

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Agricultural Impacts of Biofuels Production

Walsh, Marie E.; Torre Ugarte, Daniel de la; English, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 02

Analysis of the potential to supply 25% of projected 2025 U.S. transportation fuels indicates sufficient biomass …

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A New Look at the Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Electric and Natural Gas-Powered Irrigation

Lima, Dmitry; Colson, Gregory; Karali, Berna; Guerrero, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 45 (2013) 04

An extension of the Guerrero et al. (2010) net present value (NPV) analysis using real options analysis (ROA) is offered to improve machinery replacement decisions. Specifically, the feasibilities of replacing natural gas irrigation systems with either electric or hybrid (electric/wind) systems...

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Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrigation

Guerrero, Bridget L.; Amosson, Stephen H.; Marek, Thomas H. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 02

hybrid system is cost effective. Results indicate electricity is a more feasible energy source for irrigation and policy …

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Ethanol Plant Location Determinants and County Comparative Advantage

Lambert, Dayton M.; Wilcox, Michael D.; English, Alicia; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 01

The location of ethanol plants is determined by infrastructure, product and input markets, fiscal attributes of local communities, and state and federal incentives. This empirical analysis uses probit regression along with spatial clustering methods to analyze investment activity of ethanol...

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Impacts of Expanded Ethanol Production on Southern Agriculture

Susanto, Dwi; Rosson III, C. Parr; Hudson, Darren - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 02

This study analyzes the potential impacts of expanded ethanol production on southern agriculture. Results of regression analysis suggest that acreage planted for field crops (corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat) is inelastic with respect to relative prices. The results provide statistical evidence...

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Does Futures Speculation Destabilize Spot Prices? New Evidence for Commodity Markets

Bohl, Martin T.; Stephan, Patrick M. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 45 (2013) 04

Motivated by repeated price spikes and crashes over the last decade, we investigate whether the growing market shares of futures speculators destabilize commodity spot prices. We approximate conditional volatility and analyze how it is affected by speculative open interest. In this context, we...

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