New Calculator Helps Farmers Determine Costs, Benefits of Switching to Energy Crops

November 01, 2012

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by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today) Agricultural economists at the University of Illinois have been calculating the costs for farmers to produce biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. In fact – they have created a feedstock cost and profitability calculator for farmers to make their own assessment using their parameters. Illinois Ag Economist Madhu Khanna says farmers can customize the costs based on their current farming operation, current returns on the land they are thinking of converting and determine what it would cost to grow an energy crop on it instead. From there – Khanna says they can decide the minimum price they would need to make it worthwhile. READ MORE and MORE and MORE and MORE

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permaculture institute of north america January 28, 2014 15:24

And where average yearly precipitation is low not only is it possible
but it is very important to do so. Commercial carwashes use less water per wash, and
they are also required to drain used water into the
sewage system, rather than storm drains, which protects aquatic life.
I am working on the closed cycle gardening and will plant our vegetable garden in the area that has been
alfalfa and mulch with the alfalfa but since we have animals
I will run it though them first and use it as manure.

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