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The North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Program has announced the projects funded through its annual grant programs. More than 110 projects examining sustainable agriculture in the Midwest were awarded in excess of $2.7 million through NCR-SARE’s competitive grant programs.

For the 2012 Farmer Rancher Grant Program, NCR-SARE awarded more than $545,000 to 53 projects ranging from $1,264 to $22,500. The Farmer Rancher Grant Program is a grants program for farmers and ranchers who want to explore sustainable solutions to problems through on-farm research, demonstration and education projects.

For the 2012 Research and Education Grant Program, NCR-SARE awarded more than $1.5 million to nine projects ranging from $47,067 to $200,000. Research and Education projects include an outreach component and significant farmer/rancher involvement from inception of the idea through implementation of the project.

Earlier this year, NCR-SARE awarded more than $441,000 to six projects ranging from $42,472 to $75,000 for the 2011 Professional Development Grant Program. The Professional Development Grant Program addresses emerging issues in the farm community, using farmers as educators.

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Ethanol - Industry Analysis

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Newsletter Articles

Ethanol Exports: A Way to Scale the Blend Wall? - Don Hofstrand - February 2012
U.S. Ethanol Exports: What's the Trend and Where are They Being Shipped? - Robert Wisner - March 2011
Distillers Grain Price Relationships and Export Developments - Robert Wisner - December 2010
Corn and Soybean Availability for Biofuels in 2010-11 - Robert Wisner - November 2010
Is E-85 Ethanol Competitive with E-0 Outside the Midwest? - Robert Wisner - September 2010
Distillers Grains Supply-use Under E-10, E-12 and E-15 Ethanol Blends - Daniel O'Brien - July 2010
The Ethanol Blenders' Tax Credit, Part II - Robert Wisner - July 2010
Measuring Supply-Use of Distillers Grains in the United States - Daniel O'Brien - June 2010
Analysis of the CO2, Emissions from Land Use Changes Caused by U.S. Corn Ethanol Production - Don Hofstrand - June 2010
The Ethanol Blenders' Tax Credit, Part I: Who Gets the Benefits? - Robert Wisner - June 2010
Displacing Corn and Soybean Meal in Livestock Feed Rations - Daniel O'Brien - May 2010
Ethanol Industry Approaches the Blending Wall - Cellulosic Ethanol Investments Severely Threatened - Robert Wisner - May 2010
New Energy Economics - Removing Ethanol Subsidy Increases Risk - Cole Gustafson - April 2010
Evaluating the Effect of State Ethanol Production Subsidies in the Upper Great Plains - Gregory McKee, Gary W. Brester and Joel Schumacher - April 2010
Ethanol Production in the Upper Great Plains - Gregory McKee, Gary W. Brester and Joel Schumacher - March 2010
USDA Projections of Bioenergy-Related Corn and Soyoil Use for 2010-2019 - Daniel O'Brien - March 2010
Implications of EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard II for Ethanol and Biodiesel - Robert Wisner - March 2010
Updated Trends in U.S. Wet and Dry Corn Milling Production - Daniel O'Brien and Mike Woolverton - February 2010
Indirect Land Use: The Folly of Over-Indulgent Environmentalism? - Mark Edelman - January 2010
E-15 Ethanol Blends, EPA, and Implications for Ethanol Industry - Robert Wisner - January 2010
More Perspectives on Indirect Land Use Change Effects - William Jaeger - December 2009
Milo May Provide Ethanol Cost Advantages Over Corn - Robert Wisner - December 2009
Perspectives on Indirect Land Use - Don Hofstrand - November 2009
Trends in U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity: 2005-2009 - Daniel O'Brien and Mike Woolverton - October 2009
Crop Residue - A Valuable Resource - Don Hofstrand - October 2009
Cellulosic Ethanol: Will the Mandates be Met? - Bob Wisner - September 2009
Issues in Raising Allowable Ethanol-Gasoline Blends to E-15 or Higher for Conventional Vehicles - Bob Wisner - August 2009
Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn Ethanol Production - Don Hofstrand - August 2009
Wild Cards for the Ethanol Industry - Bob Wisner - July 2009
Efficiency and Environmental Improvements of Corn Ethanol Production - Don Hofstrand - July 2009
The Ethanol Economic Crisis - Bob Wisner - February 2009
Ethanol Blending Economics, the Expected "Blending Wall" and Government Mandates - Bob Wisner - January 2009
U.S. Ethanol Production, Imports and Stocks - Daniel O'Brien and Mike Woolverton - January 2009
Brazilian Ethanol Exports - Don Hofstrand - November/December 2008
Brazil's Ethanol Industry (part two) - Don Hofstrand - October 2008
Brazil's Ethanol Industry - Don Hofstrand - September 2008
Impact of Biofuels on Corn and Soybean Prices - Bob Wisner - September 2008
The Kansas Ethanol Industry - What Legislators are Asking - Bob Wisner, Daniel O'Brien and Mike Woolverton - September 2008
Impact of USDA's August Crop Reports on Biofuels Processing and Grain Prices - Bob Wisner - August 2008
Ethanol: How Significant is it in Higher Food Prices & the "World Food Crisis?" – Bob Wisner – June 2008
Where's the Nitrogen? - Don Hofstrand - November 2007

Information Files

Economic Impacts of Eliminating State Ethanol Production Subsidies in the Upper Great Plains
Cellulosic Ethanol Profile, Dan Burden, 2009.
Ethanol Profile, Connie Hardy, 2009.
Cellulosic Ethanol Feasibility Template - Rodney Holcomb and Phil Kenkel, Oklahoma State University
- Feasibility Assessment Template for an Enzymatic Hydrolysis Lignocellulosic Ethanol Plant - Oklahoma State University.
The U.S. Ethanol Industry: Where Will it be Located in the Future? - Kansas State University - 2005.
How Fuel Ethanol is Made from Corn – Purdue University.
Economics of Ethanol – Purdue University.
Ethanol Energy Balance – Alternative and Advanced Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE)
Ethanol Fueling Station Locator -- Alternative and Advanced Fuels, U.S. DOE
E85 and Flex Fuel Vehicles -- Environmental Protection Agency
Ethanol and Energy Policy – Purdue University.
Ethanol Myths and Facts - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. DOE.
Cellulosic Ethanol – Biofuel Beyond Corn – Purdue University.
Cellulosic Ethanol – Renewable Fuels Association.
Potential to Operate Greenhouses and Aquaculture in Conjunction with Iowa's Ethanol Plants - Iowa State University Extension - 2008

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