Based on our results, combined with literature on WCR ecology and behaviour, we present below a range of plausible/probable positive, negative, direct and indirect effects to maize production that may arise from production scale cultivation of Corn Belt Miscanthus.
Mexican farmers fear that a flood of cheap agricultural imports from the United States will take away their meager livelihoods, and end a centuries-old way of life revolving around small-scale farming of corn.
Grain corn harvest creates a huge amount of by-products in the shape of corn stover.
Several studies exploring pilot-scale dilute acid pretreatment of corn stover found optimum monomeric xylose yields at combined severities of 1.2 to 1.6, with corresponding monomeric xylose yields of approximately 70% and total xylose yields of up to 80% [ 7, 16, 20].
In the control cases modeled with bench-scale data from different varieties of corn stover feedstock, a higher proportion of xylose oligomers and a lower proportion of degradation products resulted from the low severity pretreatments.
This study improves the understanding of the operational characteristics of small-scale corn straw burning to help with the design and optimization of large-scale fixed-beds for power plants.
The amount of corn grown in each state is simply scaled up so that total corn production is sufficient to generate 24.3 billion gallons of ethanol in 2025.
We attribute these differences to the different types of biomass used (corn stover vs. switchgrass), types of IL ([C2mim]Cl vs. C4mim]Cl), and the scale of the biomass loading (26.7 mg g corn stover + 502 mg IL vs. 0.5 g SG + 10 g IL), all of which are essential factors that affect the final yields.
At the Poet ethanol plant in Chancellor, S.D. two things stand out: the sheer scale of the six corn-storage bins each 90 feet tall, together capable of holding five weeks' worth of corn for the plant and the nearly overpowering smell, a yeasty aroma, with hints of something slightly rotten.
The prices volatility and changes in the availability of corn and soybean meal have spurred interest in using other feed ingredients produced in large scale (Ravindran, 2013b).
