Renewable Energy Report: October 2009 Newsletter

The Renewable Energy Newsletter provides information and analysis from agricultural economists and others on current issues facing the emerging renewable energy industry. More information on renewable energy can be found at our website. Please send comments on issues or topics by contacting me at dhof@iastate.edu or 641-423-0844. You can sign-up...

This article examines the current projections for corn and soybean production, along with the expected usage of these crops for biofuels production.

This article focuses on the emerging demand for crop residues and the implications for maintaining soil productivity.

This article examines the build-up in ethanol production capacity in recent years.

AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter October 2009 Robert Wisner Professor of Economics and Energy Economist Ag Marketing Resources Center Iowa State University rwwisner@iastate.edu Future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulations proposed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate electric vehicles as the most effective technologies in controlling GHG emissions.(1) Actual GHG...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter October 2009 Mike Boland Director Arthur Capper Cooperative Center Kansas State University mboland@ksu.edu In the past few years there has been a great amount of volatility in agricultural commodity prices. This has caused a great deal of stress within the agricultural input industry. A great deal...