Biomass Feedstock Survey – Producer Participation Wanted

(Biomass Blog) The Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural Economics is reaching out to agricultural producers in the Southeast region and asking them to participate in an on-line survey. The survey is part of a study titled “Policies to Develop Perennial Grass-based Advanced Biofuel Supply Chains in the Southeast U.S.” and is funded by the USDA. Responses to this survey will help researchers analyze the factors that influence a farmer’s interest in growing perennial grasses, specifically, Giant Miscanthus.
Those who agree to take part in this study will be asked to complete a survey about your general farming practices, your opinions about contractual preferences for Giant Miscanthus, risk preferences, and a few demographics. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Participation in the survey is completely voluntary. If one decides to participate in this research survey, he/she may withdraw at any time. To help protect confidentiality, the survey will not contain information that will personally identify the participant.
Please help us get this survey to as many agricultural producers as possible by cutting and pasting this information to a new email and circulating to your farmer contacts. Feedback from our Southeast farmers is very important.
This research has been reviewed and approved by Mississippi State University-Institutional Review Board. Should you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Keith Coble at Coble@agecon.mststate.edu or 662-325-6670. Dr. Coble is a Giles Distinguished Professor in the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics.
Click the link below to go to the survey website (or copy and paste the link into your Internet browser). Survey link: https://msudafvm.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9GIAmoJ5y3Pt6lL