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67 comments on Hard Look at Gov. Pataki Ethanol Proposal

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wally on January 11, 2006 - 12:17am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I believe you ignored the value from the soymeal crop that would be available to sell to determine your actual crop cost for your biodiesel analysis.....I think the soymeal is  nearly the same dollar value as the BO after crushing.....although the market goes back and forth from meal shortages to BO shortages a bit
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dipchip on January 11, 2006 - 9:12am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Do you think the soy meal will pay the capitol costs of the oil extraction and bio-diesel conversion processes? Plus blending and transportation costs.
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wally on January 11, 2006 - 9:34am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
at current prices a bushel of soybeans yields about $4.25  in soymeal value and about $2.50 in soyoil value
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