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Dude, Where's My Corn? Constraints on the Location of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt

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  • Eathington, Liesl
  • Swenson, David A.

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As the Midwest gears up to rapidly add new ethanol manufacturing plants, the existing regional economy must accommodate these changes. There are issues for decision makers regarding existing agricultural activities, transportation and storage, regional economic impacts, and the likelihood of growth in particular areas. Many of these issues need to be considered in a simultaneous fashion.This is an applied research and planning exercise designed to figure out the pace, pattern, and outcomes of rapid growth in the number of corn-supplied ethanol plants in Iowa and in particular sub-regions of the state. This process also has application to future biomass development scenarios as credible technical information emerges about agricultural production and about the future ethanol industry.

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  • Eathington, Liesl & Swenson, David A., 2007. "Dude, Where's My Corn? Constraints on the Location of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12777, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:12777
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    1. Katchova, Ani L., 2009. "The Spatial Effect of Ethanol Biorefinery Locations on Local Corn Prices," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49309, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Bai, Yun & Hwang, Taesung & Kang, Seungmo & Ouyang, Yanfeng, 2011. "Biofuel refinery location and supply chain planning under traffic congestion," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 162-175, January.
    3. Jason Wood & James Nolan, 2021. "Plant location decisions in the ethanol industry: a dynamic and spatial analysis," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 58(1), pages 103-132, June.
    4. Yun Bai & Xiaopeng Li & Fan Peng & Xin Wang & Yanfeng Ouyang, 2015. "Effects of Disruption Risks on Biorefinery Location Design," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-19, February.
    5. Katchova, Ani L., 2011. "Are Local Corn Prices Affected by the Location of Ethanol Biorefineries?," 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland 114769, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Bai, Yun & Ouyang, Yanfeng & Pang, Jong-Shi, 2012. "Biofuel supply chain design under competitive agricultural land use and feedstock market equilibrium," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(5), pages 1623-1633.

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    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General

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