Economics of on-farm sunflower processing

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · ASAE Publ.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5940774

Helgeson, D L; Schaffner, L W

Sunflower oil is being researched as an extender or substitute for diesel fuel. Sunflower seed as a high oil content and an acre will produce about 60 gallons. Each Btu used to produce the seed and process sunflower oil will return about 5.78 Btu's. The price relationship per Btu of diesel to sunflower oil was 1:4.00 in 1979. This ratio declined to 1:1.80 in 1981. The on-farm processing cost for 4800 gallons varied from $2.82 to $4.33 per gallon for three press sizes analyzed. Operating these presses 300 days annually the cost per gallon varied from $1.74 to $2.99. 1 figure, 8 tables.

• Research Organization: North Dakota State Univ., Fargo
• OSTI ID: 5940774
• Report Number(s): CONF-820860-
• Journal Information: ASAE Publ.; (United States), Conference: International conference on plant and vegetable oils as fuels, Fargo, ND, USA, 2 Aug 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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