@article{Lynes:124777,
      recid = {124777},
      author = {Lynes, Melissa K. and Bergtold, Jason S. and Williams,  Jeffery R. and Fewell, Jason E.},
      title = {Determining Farmers’ Willingness-To-Grow Cellulosic  Biofuel Feedstocks on Agricultural Land},
      address = {2012},
      number = {323-2016-11377},
      pages = {41},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {The levels of cellulosic biofuel feedstocks that are being  produced continue to fall short
of standards set by the  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Technical  feasibility
studies have been conducted to determine if the  levels of production the EPA has
mandated are obtainable;  and breakeven farmgate studies have shown the costs  of
growing cellulosic feedstocks. However, very few studies  have been conducted on
farmers’ willingness to grow these  feedstocks. This study examines farmers’ willingness
to  harvest crop residue, or grow a dedicated annual or  perennial bioenergy crop. A
Heckman selection model is used  to account for selection bias, estimate the probability  of
a farmer growing a particular feedstock and to determine  how many initial acres farmers
would be willing to plant of  a dedicated annual or perennial bioenergy crop. We find  that,
due to the variation in the type of crops and  feedstocks considered different variables are
significant  in the farmers’ decision-making process.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/124777},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.124777},
}