This report presents a background of diesel consumption and soy-diesel production in Missouri. Two possible profitability scenarios are presented which assume alternative combinations of bio-diesel and soybean oil prices with three possible...

As part of the decision in evaluating the lock and dam upgrade on the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has contracted with various agricultural forecasting companies (most recently Sparks Companies, ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential impacts on power plants of minimum water releases from Gavins Point to the Missouri River as presented in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) Master Manual ...

This report presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for Missouri agricultural markets....

This study uses a stochastic model to analyze the impact of not extending the ethanol tax credit, the ethanol import tariff, or the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel tax credit on the biofuels and agricultural commodity markets.

This document is a baseline projection for the agricultural economy using a very specific set of assumptions. The baseline serves as a benchmark for analyzing alternative policies.

Briefing paper requested by Senator Bond detailing the conclusions from the Mississippi River research to date.

The exponential growth of the biofuels industry has created significant increases in feed prices to the livestock sector. In February and March of 2007, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork ...

The tables presented in this document represent the latest 10 -year projections by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)....