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Over the past decade, the search for alternative fuels has absorbed increasing amounts of agricultural resources, raising questions about how biofuel production affects U.S. agriculture and consumers. "There are many factors to consider, such as agricultural profitability, environmental impacts, and the trade-offs between using a crop for food or energy", says Jeff Steiner, leader of the Agricultural Research Service’s national program on Agricultural System Competitiveness and Sustainability. "It is essential that everyone — from the farmer in Iowa to the policymaker in Washington, D.C. — understand the importance of these different elements and work to achieve balance among them." Across the U.S., ARS scientists are combining economic and natural-resources analyses with data drawn from a national network of field experiments that are being used in models developed by ARS and the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS).

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Economy :: Environment :: Biofuels :: Climate :: Sustainability :: International

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