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Land usage attributed to corn ethanol production in the United States: sensitivity to technological advances in corn grain yield, ethanol conversion, and co-product utilization

Overview of attention for article published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, April 2014
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
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27 X users
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2 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Land usage attributed to corn ethanol production in the United States: sensitivity to technological advances in corn grain yield, ethanol conversion, and co-product utilization
Published in
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1754-6834-7-61
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Authors

Rita H Mumm, Peter D Goldsmith, Kent D Rausch, Hans H Stein

Abstract

Although the system for producing yellow corn grain is well established in the US, its role among other biofeedstock alternatives to petroleum-based energy sources has to be balanced with its predominant purpose for food and feed as well as economics, land use, and environmental stewardship. We model land usage attributed to corn ethanol production in the US to evaluate the effects of anticipated technological change in corn grain production, ethanol processing, and livestock feeding through a multi-disciplinary approach. Seven scenarios are evaluated: four considering the impact of technological advances on corn grain production, two focused on improved efficiencies in ethanol processing, and one reflecting greater use of ethanol co-products (that is, distillers dried grains with solubles) in diets for dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry. For each scenario, land area attributed to corn ethanol production is estimated for three time horizons: 2011 (current), the time period at which the 15 billion gallon cap for corn ethanol as per the Renewable Fuel Standard is achieved, and 2026 (15 years out).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 100 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Student > Bachelor 13 13%
Researcher 12 12%
Other 7 7%
Other 16 15%
Unknown 22 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 26%
Engineering 12 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 8%
Environmental Science 8 8%
Energy 4 4%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 30 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 59. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 November 2023.
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#726,203
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#11
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#6,614
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