First-generation grain ethanol biofuel has affected the historical excess capacity problem in U.S. agriculture. Second …-generation cellulosic ethanol biofuel has had difficulty achieving cost-competitiveness. Third-generation drop-in biofuels are under …

increase in U.S. ethanol production is 0.325, and the responsiveness of catfish farm prices is 0.064. Although both feed and … farm prices increase with ethanol production, the relatively small responsiveness of farm prices when compared with feed … prices suggests that catfish farmers are worse off. Results are conditional on ethanol production causing an increase in …

U.S. ethanol production capacity increased more than threefold between 2002 and 2008. We study the effect of this … growth on corn acreage. Connecting annual changes in county-level corn acreage to changes in ethanol plant capacities, we … 500 acres and to increase acreage in surrounding counties up to almost 300 miles away. All ethanol plants are estimated to …

.S. ethanol industry. As with any competitive industry, some level of output price risk exists in the form of volatility; yet, no … actively traded ethanol futures market exists to mitigate output price risk. This study reports estimated minimum variance … cross-hedge ratios between Detroit spot cash ethanol and the New York Mercantile Exchange unleaded gasoline futures for 1 …

Increased demand for corn for ethanol production has helped push grain prices to record levels. This has increased …

continue to be important feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel production, but cellulose feedstocks (agricultural crop residues …

The feasibility of integrating ethanol production into an existing sugar mill was analyzed by a stochastic spreadsheet … model. As the price of corn continues to rise, ethanol producers will eventually need to look at other feedstock … alternatives. Sugarcane has been proven to work well in the production of ethanol in Brazil. The results indicated existing U …

projects. The U.S. ethanol industry has been growing rapidly, and biodiesel production is poised for similar growth. Producer … and availability. The rapidly increasing size and scale of ethanol and biodiesel plants make it difficult for producers to …

This study summarizes research on farm-, local-, regional-, and macro-level economic effects of ethanol production …. Given current production levels, the ethanol production industry annually employees approximately 3,500 workers, pays out … government incentive payments. Projections for a 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant indicate an annual increase in corn …