Evaluating New-generation Cooperatives as an Organizational Structure for Methyl Ester-biodiesel Production

Evaluating New-generation Cooperatives as an Organizational Structure for Methyl Ester-biodiesel Production PDF Author: Donald L. Van Dyne
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788178180
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Book Description
Includes: background and philosophy of New Generation Coops (NGCs); NGCs vs. conventional coops; initiation and implementation of NGCs; producing methyl ester/biodiesel from soybean oil under conventional and new generation coop ownership and operation; conventional soybean marketing and processing; traditional system and NGC system; an illustrative case of a new generation coop owning and operating a community-based soybean processing/transesterification plant; biodiesel production potential in Central Missouri on a per acre basis; and the economics of an illustrative application of retained ownership on a per bushel basis.