Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
July 2007
Abstract
Contents:
BiofuelPlants Operating or Under Construction, Spring 2007
Political Forces
Potential Water Resource Implications
Direct Water Requirements
Indirect Effects of Ethanol on Water Quantity
Food & Industrial Use, including ethanol
Ethanol Impact on Grain Prices
If current grain prices are sustained?
Water Demand from 2007 Increase in Corn Acres: Nebraska Case
If current grain prices are sustained?
Water Quality Impacts
Increased returns to irrigation presents a major threat to water policy objectives
Water Hazards Presented by Ethanol
Comments
Annual 2007 UCOWR Conference, Boise, Idaho, July 24 –26, 2007.