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Ethanol Production Implications




Recent study evaluates the impact of corn-based ethanol production on other markets. ...
... "If oil prices are permanently $10-per-barrel higher than assumed in the baseline projections, U.S. ethanol will expand significantly. The magnitude of the expansion will depend on the future makeup of the U.S. automobile fleet. If sufficient demand for E-85 from flex-fuel vehicles is available, corn-based ethanol production is projected to increase to over 30 billion gallons per year with the higher oil prices. " ...

Via CARD, The Center for Agricultural and Rural Development: Emerging Biofuels: Outlook of Effects on U.S. Grain, Oilseed, and Livestock Markets

 

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