600-900 million tons of US biomass possible by 2030, but $140/ton: study

In Illinois, a new study from the University of Illinois shows that between 600 and 900 million metric tons of biomass—including that grown land currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program— could be produced in 2030 at a price of $140 per metric ton (in 2007 dollars) while still meeting demand for food with current assumptions about yields, production costs and land availability. Most studies to date have anticipated costs of $40 to $50 per ton in their calculations.

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