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 July 2009 Don Hofstrand Co-director Agricultural Marketing Resource Center dhof@iastate.edu (First in a Series of Two) Much has been written about the net energy balance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of corn ethanol production. In this series of articles we will explore the issues of energy...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter July 2009 Robert Wisner Professor of Economics and Energy Economist Ag Marketing Resources Center Iowa State University rwwisner@iastate.edu After extremely rapid growth in the previous three years, the U.S. ethanol industry’s expansion rate has slowed in response to tightening profit margins, periods of negative returns, risk-management...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter July 2009 F. Larry Leistritz, Professor Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics North Dakota State University f.leistritz@ndsu.edu Concerns about the long-term environmental effects of consuming fossil fuels, together with the rising costs of oil and natural gas, have led to rising interest in renewable energy sources....
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter July 2009 Daniel O’Brien dobrien@ksu.edu and Mike Woolverton mikewool@agecon.ksu.edu Extension Agricultural Economists K-State Research and Extension Since early 2007 ethanol prices in Iowa have traded in a wide price range. The high for the period of $2.82 per gallon occurred in early July 2008, while the...
