); grassland pasture and range land, 587 million acres (25.9 percent); cropland, 442 million acres (19.5 percent); special uses …

affect total biomass energy cost. This study estimates switchgrass production cost in western Massachusetts at three levels … with benefit transfer suggest that social cost is much greater than private switchgrass production cost. The benefit …

Biorefineries that plan to use switchgrass exclusively will have to account for year-to-year variability in feedstock … production. The objective of this research is to determine the quantity, class, and location of land to lease for switchgrass … production to provide for the needs of a biorefinery. The firm could elect to lease land based on average switchgrass yields or …

This paper examines the introduction of energy cane and switchgrass in the available crops for production in the …

convert current grain cropland to grow a dedicated cellulosic biomass crop such as switchgrass. However, the financial …

Farmers’ Willingness to Grow Switchgrass as a Cellulosic Bioenergy Crop: A Stated Choice Approach Agriculture’s role as …. The purpose of this paper is to examine farmers’ willingness to produce switchgrass under alternative contractual, pricing … cellulosic biomass under different contractual arrangements. This paper focuses on the switchgrass stated choice experiment from …

switchgrass, $31.74/dt for willow and $32.90 for poplar, an estimated 19.4 million acres of cropland (8.2 million from CRP) could …) and net farm income increases by $2.8 billion annually. At $40/dt of switchgrass, $42.32/dt for willow and $43.87/dt for …