Yield and Production Costs for Three Potential Dedicated Energy Crops in Mississippi and Oklahoma Environments

David P. Busby, Randall D. Little, Saleem Shaik, Angelina Martins, Francis Epplin (f.epplin@okstate.edu), Seonghuyk Hwang, Brian S. Baldwin and Charles M. Taliaferro

No 34854, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to determine production costs of switchgrass, eastern gammagrass, and giant miscanthus using Mississippi and Oklahoma data. Production costs were computed using a standard enterprise budgeting approach by species and method of harvest. Results indicate cost difference across species and method of harvest.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.34854

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