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, 23.5 million tons of wheat straw, and 24.7 million acres would be used to produce 109 million tons of switchgrass in 2025 … corn stover, and 56,200 tons of switchgrass is needed to meet the mandate. …
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less water-intensive bioenergy crops—switchgrass and forage sorghum—in the event biofuel markets become a reality …
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The U.S. crop subsidies provide incentives for farmers to expand feedstock production, which benefits the biofuel producers by lowering input costs. This study develops a general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of a reduction in the U.S. crop subsidy on biofuel industries and social...
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ethanol industry. On the other hand, there are the lesser-known perennial energy crops, such as switchgrass. Although much … information on various aspects of switchgrass production exists, this paper discusses the adaptation of existing production and …
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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 development. If lignocellulosic biomass from...
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sorghum, pasture, and hay. Specialty crops of loblolly pine and switchgrass were modeled for their respective potential to … along with $40 per dry ton of switchgrass, baled at field side, revealed that irrigation restrictions had the largest … significant increase in switchgrass and pine production. In this scenario, approximately 16% of the total income losses with lower …
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, energy crops such as switchgrass, and forestry residues) will play a major role. Farm income increases, mostly because of …
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The forest and agriculture sectors are linked by having a portion of their land bases suitable for use in either sector. A substantial part of the southern land base is suitable for either forestry or agriculture use, with most of forestation on U.S. agriculture land in the South. We examine how...
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This article develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the role of state-level policies towards the dairy sector in the presence of farmland amenity benefits, and applies it to Connecticut. Milk supply, demand and amenity benefit functions are estimated, and three exogenously determined milk...
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