Cellulosic Ethanol Production Shows Promise
By Kerri Ebert (Midwest Producer) …Kansas State University agricultural economist David Lambert has been developing economic models focusing on how development of the cellulosic ethanol industry could help meet EISA targets of 16 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production by 2022 and how cellulosic production might affect corn and other crop producers.
…Lambert sees potential for the development cellulosic ethanol production throughout the Midwest – in close proximity to production acres – but cautions gathering and delivering cellulosic fuel stocks will add costs, so producers must be careful to figure their breakeven point to determine if there is profit potential in their cellulosic feedstocks.
Because of its bulk collecting, storing, and transporting cellulosic feedstock to refineries will add expense. Yield, cost of harvesting, distance to the refinery, and pay price are factors that must be considered by producers. READ MORE