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Is The Price Of Biomass Right For You? Calculating Your Cost Of Producing Crop Residues And Energy Crops

Apr 29, 2015

By Madhu Khanna and Nick Paulson
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics,
University of Illinois

By Tom Voigt
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences,
University of Illinois


With emerging technologies for bioenergy production, demand for biomass from corn stover and energy crops, like miscanthus and switchgrass, is expected to grow. What is the yield and cost of producing these bioenergy feedstocks at different locations in the US? At what price would it be profitable to produce them? How will the Biomass Crop Assistance Program affect feedstock costs? This information is critical to making profitable choices about which feedstock to produce, where to locate a biomass processing facility and how to price biomass.

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Source:illinois.edu