Content Inside :
If it weren’t for Thomas Edison, we’d be watching television in the dark.”
We are but small players in the web of life. We should not over-play our hand.
Corn Used for Ethanol and Dry Mill Ethanol Yields
Distillers’ Grains Consumption By Livestock Type – Dry Basis
Energy Information Administration: 2007 Natural Gas Outlook
Let’s look at my Favorite, H20
Water Use
* University of Minnesota has the numbers
* 4.3 to 5.0 gallons H20 per gallon of EOH
* http://www.agobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=89449
* 19 to 22 billion gallons water for EOH
* Plus H20 to grow the corn @ 6400 gal/ac
* 87 Billion gallons H20 for corn
They Quit Making It!
* Earth’s surface is covered 75% by water
* 97% of all water is Saltwater
* 3% of total water is fresh water
o 70% of that is frozen (2.1%)
o 29% is ground water (0.8%)
o <1% is surface water
Let’s value and protect what is left.
A Snow Blower .. That Runs on Snow!!
* Defense Spending vs. All Other Spending (including agriculture!)
* Iowa’s ability to shift emphasis of bill in 2007
o Commodity crops or Specialty Crops
o Energy – availability and cost
o Conservation Title
My be you need full description for PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture, you can download this PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture or online view this PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture document. This PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture powerpoint presentation available from category Agriculture. Download Seminar Paper Powerpoint Presentation PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture PPT slide and get information about PPT : The Changing Face of Iowa Agriculture.
Category : Agriculture