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- Adoption Subsidies and the Environmental Impacts of Alternative Energy Crops. The authors estimate the costs associated with converting land from production of traditional crops to switchgrass. The results indicate that farmers will convert to switchgrass production only with significant conversion subsidies.
- The Economics of Renewable Energy; Corn Stover and Switchgrass – Purdue University
- Energy Crops and the Environment – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Environmental Effects of Alternative Feedstocks and the Impact of the Systems Needed to Grow those Feedstocks – Alternative Crops and Policies for Bioenergy - Catherine Kling, Iowa State University - March 2007.
- Farm Level Economics of Growing Alternative Energy Feedstocks – Alternative Crops and Policies for Bioenergy - Chad Hart, Iowa State University - March 2007.
- Ethanol and Livestock: Synergies or Competition – Growing the Bio-Economy - August 2006.
