Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy

Hardback  368 pp  ISBN 9780851990187      £70.00

Readership: Advanced students, researchers and professionals in agricultural economics, policy and engineering, crop science, forestry and environment.

Contents

Part I: Survey of Current Knowledge

Energy and Agriculture at the Crossroads of a New Future, K J Collins and J A Duffield
Agriculture as a Producer of Energy, V R Eidman, University of Minnesota, USA
Energy Consumption in US Agriculture, J A Miranowski, Iowa State University, USA
Energy Systems Integration: Fitting Biomass Energy from Agriculture into US Energy Systems, O C Doering III, Purdue University, USA
US Oil and Gas Markets: A Scenario for Future Strong Inter-fuel Competition, K J Lindemer, Irving Oil, Ltd, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

Part II: Current Research about Agriculture and Energy

Section 1: The Economics of Ethanol and Biodiesel from Grain
Dry-Grind Ethanol Plant Economics and Sensitivity, D G Tiffany, University of Minnesota, USA and V R Eidman
An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of the Expansion in the US Production of Ethanol from Maize and Biodiesel from Soyabeans on Major Agricultural Variables, 2005-2015, J N Ferris and S V Joshi, Michigan State University, USA
Ethanol Policies, Programs and Production in Canada, K K Klein, University of Lethbridge Canada, R Romain, M Olar and N Bergeron, Laval University, Canada

Section 2: The Economics of Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Sources
Economic Analysis of Alternative Lignocellulosic Sources for Ethanol Production, B K Herbst, J L Outlaw, D P Anderson, M H Lau, S L Klose and M T Holtzapple, Texas A&M University, USA
The Supply of Maize Stover in the Midwestern United States, R G Nelson, Kansas State University, USA, M E Walsh, University of Tennessee, USA, and J J Sheehan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA
Economic Modelling of a Lignocellulosic Biomass Biorefining Industry, F M Epplin, L D Mapemba, Oklahoma State University, USA, and G Tembo, Michigan State University€s Food Security Research Project, Lusaka, Zambia
Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production from Maize Stover in Selected Midwestern States, B C English, R J Menard, D G De La Torre Ugarte and M E Walsh, University of Tennessee, USA

Section 3: Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Agriculture
Livestock Watering with Renewable Energy Systems, R. N Clark and B D Vick, Agricultural Research Service, US Dept of Agriculture, Texas, USA
Trends in US Poultry Housing for Energy Conservation, J W Worley, M M Czarick and B F Fairchild, University of Georgia, USA

Section 4: New Methods and Technologies
Experiences Co-firing Grasses in Existing Coal-fired Power Plants, D Boylan, J Eastis, Southern Company, Birmingham, USA, K H Russell, Georgia Power Company, Albany, USA, S M Wilson, Southern Company, USA, and B R Zemo, Alabama Power Company, Gadsden, USA
Animal Waste as a Source of Renewable Energy, S Priyadarsan, K Annamalai, B Thien, J Sweeten and S Mukhtar, Texas A&M University, USA
Development of Genetically Engineered Stress Tolerant Ethanologenic Yeasts using Integrated Functional Genomics for Effective Biomass Conversion to Ethanol, Z L Liu and P J Slininger, Agricultural Research Service, US Dept of Agriculture, USA
Case Studies of Rural Electric Cooperatives€ Experiences with Bioenergy, C E Whitman, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, USA

Section 5: Environmental Impacts and Considerations
Potential for Biofuel-based Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation: Rationale and Potential, B A McCarl, Texas A&M University, USA, D Gillig, American Express Corporation, USA, H-C Lee, Nation Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, M El-Halwagi, X Qin and G Cornforth, Texas A&M University, USA
Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Biorefinery-Cropping Systems: All Biomass is Local, S Kim and B E Dale, Michigan State University, USA
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