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Market Development of Biomass Industries
Author(s) -
Altman Ira,
Bergtold Jason,
Sanders Dwight R.,
Johnson Thomas G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/agr.21318
Subject(s) - agribusiness , business , biomass (ecology) , renewable energy , industrial organization , marketing , agricultural economics , economics , agriculture , oceanography , engineering , electrical engineering , geology , ecology , biology
Biomass‐based agribusiness industries hold significant potential to contribute to environmentally beneficial renewable energy. The authors explore survey evidence on producer preferences for organizational types that will influence market development. Although there are many features of market development that are important, they focus on understanding their organizational choices, the services producers may be willing to provide, and the assets producers currently own. Results indicate mid‐Missouri producers have higher preferences for spot markets compared to the southern Illinois producers; the southern Illinois producers prefer short‐term and long‐term contracts.