Recent dramatic increases in energy costs are having a direct bearing on all agricultural activities within the United States. This commentary discusses the use of energy in agriculture and the food industry in light of current federal and state policies. Energy production from bio-sources also is addressed.
Chair: Kenneth Cassman, University of Nebraska. QTA2006-3, 12 pp., November 2006. Available free online.
Publication Impact Report – February 2007
Kenneth Cassman
Vernon Eidman
Gene Simpson
Larry Berger
Robert Loomis
Marie Walsh
Todd Peterson
Edward C. Runge
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