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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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, energy crops such as switchgrass, and forestry residues) will play a major role. Farm income increases, mostly because of …
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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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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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Determining appropriate topics and target audiences is essential to design effective educational outreach programs. Based on landowner responses to a mail survey, we determined both the importance and the availability of wildlife and forest management information topics to Mississippi...
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