The historical behavior of farmland prices, rental rates, and rates of return are examined by treating farmland as an asset with an infinitely long life. It is found that high (low) farmland prices relative to rents have historically precededextended periods of low (high) net rates of return,...

Other working papers are available at my homepage: gray.clhn.co. I've added this link as a "working paper" because our CMS is a little awkward to deal with. Sorry about any confusion.

We present results from an application of the Biofuel Breakeven program (BioBreak) to 14 US cellulosic ethanol markets that vary by feedstock and location.  BioBreak estimates the economic costs of cellulosic biofuel production for each market and identifies the necessary conditions to sustain...