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Energy Potential From Agricultural Residues in Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Cecil Oursbourn ,
Ronald D. Lacewell ,
Wayne LePori  and
William P. Patton
Cecil Oursbourn
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics
Ronald D. Lacewell
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics
Wayne LePori
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Engineering
William P. Patton
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Fuel shortages, along with dramatic increases in the price of energy, have placed considerable emphasis on the development of new and competitive energy supplies. In irrigated regions, the increased price and threat of curtailed supplies of natural gas have serious economic implications for the farm firm [4, 13]. Agriculture has the potential of replacing part of the energy it uses in the form of agricultural residues. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the use of residues from crop production in Texas as a feasible energy source.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , December 1978 , pp. 73 - 80
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1978

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