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The Economic and Environmental Impacts of an Ethanol Industry on Western New York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Brian W. Gould
Brian W. Gould*
Affiliation:
Resource Economics, Cornell University
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Abstract

This paper examines the economic, environmental and energy use impacts of a corn based ethanol industry on Western New York State. A regional linear programming model is used. Five representative farm groups are used to describe the agricultural sector of the study region. Comparisons are made between a benchmark solution and model formulations that include conservation tillage practices, ethanol induced feed price changes, and the feeding of the feed by-product, DDG.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Fall 1982 , pp. 133 - 139
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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