Bioenergy Supply and Environmental Impacts on Cropland: Insights from Multi‐market Forecasts in a Great Lakes Subregional Bioeconomic Model

Egbendewe‐Mondzozo, Aklesso; Swinton, Scott M.; Kang, Shujiang; Post, Wilfred M.; Binfield, Julian C.; Thompson, Wyatt

doi:10.1093/aepp/ppu044

Title: Bioenergy Supply and Environmental Impacts on Cropland: Insights from Multi‐market Forecasts in a Great Lakes Subregional Bioeconomic Model

Journal Article · Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppu044· OSTI ID:1786724

Egbendewe‐Mondzozo, Aklesso ^[1]; Swinton, Scott M. ^[2]; Kang, Shujiang ^[3]; Post, Wilfred M. ^[3]; Binfield, Julian C. ^[4]; Thompson, Wyatt ^[4]

Department of Economics and Management Sciences (FASEG) University of Lome
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics &, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Michigan State University
Oak Ridge National Laboratory &, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri

Abstract Using subregional models of crop production choices in central Wisconsin and southwest Michigan, we predict biomass production, land use, and environmental impacts with details that are unavailable from national scale models. When biomass prices are raised exogenously, we find that the subregional models overestimate the supply, the land use, and the beneficial environmental aspects of perennial biomass crops. Multi‐market price feedbacks tied to realistic policy parameters predict high threshold absolute prices for biomass to enter production, resulting in intensified production of biomass from annual grain crops with damaging environmental impacts. Multi‐market feedbacks also predict regional specialization in energy biomass production in areas with lower yields of food crops. Policies promoting biofuels will not necessarily generate environmental benefits in the absence of environmental regulations.

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