Scale, organization, and profitability of ethanol processing

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-81

  Gallagher, Paul ^a   Shapouri, Hosein ^b   Brubaker, Heather ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 33846911505     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2007.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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