Partners is a video magazine produced by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). It highlights the programs and accomplishments of the partnership between CSREES and the Land Grant University System in the areas of research, education, and extension.
The Bio-based Energy Analysis
Group, BEAG, was established in 2004 by the
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural
Experiment Station. The purpose of BEAG is to
provide decision makers in Government and Industry
with the most up-to-date economic and environmental
analysis of the bio-based industry at the state,
region, and national levels. Focus includes
supply and demand, costs of production, market
opportunities, feasibility analyses, and regional
and national economic impacts, along with environmental
impact analysis.
Currently, BEAG uses several
different models including a national, interregional
agricultural model (POLYSYS), a regional input-output
model (IMPLAN), a GIS based system (ORIBAS),
a county-wide biomass data base (BIOCOST), and
erosion impact indicator data, and emission
information; along with national and regional
secondary source data. Each of these models
is used to provide decision makers information
on the economic viability of a bio-based feedstock
industry and the potential environmental impacts
that might occur.
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