NCGA Research Provides Insight into Biofuels and Land Use Patterns

National Corn Growers Association
October 16, 2008

How much impact does growing U.S. ethanol production have on decisions about land use around the world? To help answer this question, the National Corn Growers Association recently held an Internet-based webinar on land use patterns in the United States and other major crop-producing countries.

“Changes in land use have occurred and will continue to occur with or without biofuels,” said Mary Holmes, NCGA director of biofuels programs and business development. “The expansion of the global ethanol industry is only a minor factor in global land use change decisions.”

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