The Biofuel Revolution and You
Angus Beef Bulletin
by Ed Haag
John Lawrence, Iowa State University (ISU) agricultural economist and director of the Iowa Beef Center, has no doubt that the pending biofuel revolution will affect every aspect of the U.S. beef industry. Geographic shifts in cattle populations, competing demands for once plentiful commodities, rising farmland prices, and a greater dependence on adaptability and self-reliance are just a few of the consequences of the new order.