Emissions savings in the corn-ethanol life cycle from feeding coproducts to livestock

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 472-482

  Bremer, Virgil R ^a   Liska, Adam J ^a   Klopfenstein, Terry J ^a   Erickson, Galen E ^a   Yang, Haishun S ^b   Walters, Daniel T ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ASSESSMENT METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; BEEF CATTLE; BOS TAURUS; CO-PRODUCTS; COPRODUCT; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN PRODUCTION; CORN-ETHANOL; CROP PRODUCTION; CURRENT LEVELS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FEDERAL LAW; FEEDLOT CATTLES; GHG EMISSION; NET IMPACT; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL LIFE;

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ETHANOL; FEEDING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SWINE; ZEA MAYS;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77649208934     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0283     Document Type: Article

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