Producing ethanol from grain: agricultural impacts and feasibility. Staff report

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6014974

Le Blanc, M; Prato, A

The Energy Security Act sets an alcohol production goal of at least 10 percent of the level of gasoline consumption in 1990. Such a high level of alcohol production, 8.4 billion gallons, is likely to have significant impacts on agricultural production, commodity prices, and farm income. If corn is the primary feedstock for ethanol production, the greatest impacts will occur in the corn and soybean subsectors. The soybean subsector is affected because the process of converting corn to ethanol produces high protein byproducts which can substitute for soybean meal in livestock rations.

• Research Organization: Economics and Statistics Service, Washington, DC (USA). National Economics Div.
• OSTI ID: 6014974
• Report Number(s): PB-83-189399
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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