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...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter April 2009 Robert Wisner Professor of Economics and Energy Economist Ag Marketing Resources Center Iowa State University rwwisner@iastate.edu The December 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act set mandated levels for 2008 through 2022 for various types of renewable fuels that are to be blended with U.S....
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter April 2009 Don Hofstrand Co-director, Ag Marketing Resource Center Iowa State University Extension dhof@iastate.edu (first in a series of two) Feed cost is the major component of the cost of producing pork. So, the price of feed ingredients has a substantial impact on the price of...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter April 2009 Michael Boland agricultural economist Kansas State University mboland@agecon.ksu.edu John Crespi agricultural economist Kansas State University jcrespi@agecon.ksu.edu Dustin Oswald former graduate student Kansas State University agricultural economist Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma In 2001, Congress passed legislation authorizing, and later appropriating funds for...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter April 2009 Cole Gustafson Professor, Biofuel Economics Co-Director, BioEnergy and Products Innovation Center Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics North Dakota State University cole.gustafson@ndsu.edu The Obama administration is developing a cap-and-trade program for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. This is an important development for the renewable-energy industry...
