@article{Malcolm:55671,
      recid = {55671},
      author = {Malcolm, Scott A. and Aillery, Marcel P. and Weinberg,  Marca},
      title = {Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape},
      address = {2009-11},
      number = {1477-2016-121116},
      series = {Economic Research Report},
      pages = {58},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007  established specific targets
for the production of biofuel  in the United States. Until advanced technologies  become
commercially viable, meeting these targets will  increase demand for traditional agricultural commodities  used to produce ethanol, resulting in land-use, production,  and price changes throughout the farm sector. This report  summarizes the estimated effects of meeting the EISA  targets for 2015 on regional agricultural production and  the environment. Meeting EISA targets for ethanol  production is estimated to expand U.S. cropped acreage by  nearly 5 million acres by 2015, an increase of 1.6 percent  over what would otherwise be expected. Much of the growth  comes from corn acreage, which increases by 3.5 percent  over baseline projections. Water quality and soil carbon  will also be affected, in some cases by greater percentages  than suggested by changes in the amount of cropped land.  The economic and environmental implications of displacing a  portion of corn ethanol production with ethanol produced  from crop residues are also estimated.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/55671},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.55671},
}