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Lance Stewart - Farm Foundation

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Motivation<br />

Choosing an optimal location is essential for the<br />

long-term profitability of an ethanol plant<br />

The promise of biofuels has rekindled the notion that<br />

rural areas may have a comparative advantage due<br />

to their access advantage to feedstock materials<br />

A community could potentially increase comparative<br />

advantage by identifying community resources that<br />

provide potential investors competitive advantage,<br />

and then adjusting those factors<br />

Understanding the factors that confer comparative<br />

advantage with respect to potential ethanol<br />

production sites may inform local policy makers<br />

about the prospects of recruiting biofuel firms given<br />

community resource constraints

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