@article{Fatal:168993,
      recid = {168993},
      author = {Fatal, Yehushua S. and Thurman, Walter N.},
      title = {The Response of Corn Acreage to Ethanol Plant Siting},
      journal = {Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics},
      address = {2014-05-01},
      number = {1379-2016-113873},
      pages = {15},
      month = {May},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {U.S. ethanol production capacity increased more than  threefold between 2002 and 2008. We
study the effect of  this growth on corn acreage. Connecting annual changes in  county-level
corn acreage to changes in ethanol plant  capacities, we find a positive effect on planted corn.
The  building of a typical plant is estimated to increase corn  in the county by over 500 acres
and to increase acreage in  surrounding counties up to almost 300 miles away. All  ethanol
plants are estimated to increase corn production by  less than their annual requirements.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/168993},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.168993},
}