Combines harvesting soybeans photo by John Hay

Soybeans are the #1 feedstock for biodiesel in the US. Internationally, palm oil, canola and other oils are commonly used.                                                           —Photo courtesy of John Hay

Related Resource Links

The following links will take you to a variety of sources that relate to the work we're doing. If you know of something we should add, please contact us.


Livestock and Co-products Feeding | Cropping Systems | Economics | Biodiesel | Ethanol in Nebraska | Biofuels Research | Biomass | U.S. Renewable Energy | Wind Energy |

 

Livestock and Co-products feeding

 

UNL Animal Science

UNL Beef Cattle production site: http://beef.unl.edu

Cattle Coproduct Optimizer Decision Evaluator

University of Minnesota Distillers Grains

Illinois Livestock Integrated Focus Team
- distillers grains

Iowa Beef Center

KS Grains - Kansas feedgrain industry sites

Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative - Animal Manure Management, distillers grains

 

Cropping Systems

CNMP: Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning — Resources for animal feeders about manure utilization and NDEQ records requirements

Iowa State University Corn Production Web site 

ISU Soybean Web site 

Biopesticide and Organic Database for Integrated Pest Management

 

Economics

Cornhusker Economics

West Central Research and Extension Center, Agricultural Economics

University of Illinois farmdoc Marketing Briefs: 2007 U.S. Corn Production Risks: What does History Teach Us?

 

Biodiesel

National Biodiesel Board

www.allthingsbiodiesel.com -All things biodiesel (commercial site)

Biodiesel magazine

Nebraska Soybean Board

 

Ethanol in Nebraska

Nebraska Ethanol Board

Ethanol Producer Magazine

Nebraska Corn Board

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality - Go to Maps for up-to-date Nebraska ethanol map

Nebraska Energy Office - Ethanol

 Industrial Ag Products Center-UNL

Biofuels Research

Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator — software tool from UNL (BESS)

Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research—UNL

Ag Biosafety—UNL

Bioeconomy Institute - ISU


Biomass

Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse— organization

Nebraska Energy Office - Biomass

National Renewable Energy Laboratory — Biomass

 

U.S. Renewable Energy

Great Plains Institute

USDA Bioenergy Briefing Room

Renewable Fuels Association

Kentucky Corn Growers' Association

Minnesota Corn Growers Association

National Corn Growers Association

National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

Renewable Fuels Association

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

25 X 25 Organization

American Coalition for Ethanol

Canadian Renewable Fuels Foundation

Clean Fuels Development Coalition

Energy Information Administration

Iowa State Office of Renewable Programs

 

Wind Energy

Wind Powering America

Small Wind Consumers' Guide (*pdf)

American Wind Energy Association

Wind Turbine Equipment

Nebraska Energy Office —Wind Resources

Wind Power ... Energizing Michigan's Future — Michigan State University

North Carolina Wind Energy at Appalachian State University

Small Wind Certification Council