Does a rising biofuels tide raise all boats? A study of cash rent determinants for Iowa farmland under hay and pasture

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Du, Xiaodong ^a   Hennessy, David ^a   Edwards, William A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Farmland; Iowa; Land values

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149389931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1238     Document Type: Article

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