期刊名称：Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
印刷版ISSN：1068-5502
出版年度：2018
卷号：43
期号：1
页码：34-45
出版社：WAEA
摘要：This research examines whether sweet sorghum, a crop considered more drought-tolerant andsuitable for semi-arid areas than corn, could result in an economically viable sweet sorghumethanol pathway in the Great Plains. We find that that if the D5–D6 RIN price spread exceeds the$0.35/gal recently experienced, the benefits of the pathway would be equivalent to about $90/acreof sweet sorghum, or $0.38/gal of ethanol. Because of sparse cultivation potential, only four thesix existing plants in the Nebraska–Colorado High Plains area might expect transportation coststo be low enough for economic feasibility.
