Farm-scale costs and returns for second generation bioenergy cropping systems in the US Corn Belt

Farm-scale costs and returns for second generation bioenergy cropping systems in the US Corn Belt

While grain crops are meeting much of the initial need for biofuels in the US, cellulosic or second generation (2G) materials are mandated to provide a growing portion of biofuel feedstocks. We sought to inform development of a 2G crop portfolio by assessing the profitability of novel cropping syste...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert K Manatt, Arne Hallam, Lisa A Schulte, Emily A Heaton, Theo Gunther, Richard B Hall, Ken J Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
bioenergy
biofuel
financial analysis
farm profitability
Landscape Biomass Project
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035037

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035037

Similar Items