SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 15, 2009

4:00-5:30 Registration

5:00 S-1043 Committee Meeting

5:30 Welcome Reception

MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 16, 2009

8:00-8:30 Registration

Plenary Session

8:30-10:00 Robert Rapier, Chief Technology

Officer, Merica International, An Overview of the Global Energy Issues Presentation

Hayden Milberg, Senior Economist, Senate Ag Committee, Views from the U.S. Senate Presentation

Jerry Hagstrom, National Journal’s Congress Daily, A Journalist’s Perspective

10:00-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Harry Baumes, Bioenergy and the USDA: Policy Perspectives Presentation

David Zilberman, Deepak Rajagopal, Gal Hochman and Steve Sexton, The Economics of Biofuel, Food, and the Environment Presentation

Bob Young, Is There a Role for Agriculture in our Nation’s Energy Supply? Presentation

12:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Kurt Klein and Danny Le Roy, Government Policies to Support Biofuel Production: Why and to What Effect? Presentation

Troy Schmitz, James Seale and Andrew Schmitz, Ethanol and Hidden Subsidies in Brazil Presentation

Harry de Gorter, The Welfare Economics of Biofuel Policies and Indirect Land Use Change Presentation

3:30-4:00 Break

4:00-5:30 David Just, Measuring the ‘Subsidy’ Component of Biofuel Policies with International Trade Presentation

Charles Moss, Troy Schmitz and Andrew Schmitz, Under What Conditions Would Ethanol Be in Society’s Best Interest? Presentation

Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, The Role of Biofuels in the Transformation of Agriculture Presentation

 

TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Selected Papers/Concurrent Sessions

7:30-8:00 Registration

8:00-10:00 Concurrent Session 1: Trade Effects of Biofuels I: Markets, Policies and Price Variability

Earhart A

Gerald Schwarz, Harald von Witzke and Steffen Noleppa, Impacts of Future Biofuel Production and Energy Prices Scenarios on International Crop Production and Trade Presentation  Paper

Yuki Yano, David Blandford and Yves Surry, The Impact of Alternative Domestic and Trade Policies for Biofuels on Market Variability in the United States Presentation  Paper

Zibin Zhang and Michael Wetzstein, Food versus Fuel: What do Prices Tell Us? Presentation

Ardian Harri and Darren Hudson, Mean and Variance Dynamics between Agricultural Commodity Prices and Crude Oil Prices Presentation  Paper

Earhart B

Concurrent Session 2: Issues in Biofuels

Louisa Yanes, Johnathan Hladik and Michael Dworkin, Homegrown: Incentives for On-Farm Biofuel Production and Consumption Paper

Theodore J. Kury and Julie Harrington, The Marginal Effects of the Price for Carbon Dioxide: Quantifying the Effects on the Market for Electric Generation in Florida Presentation  Paper

May M. Peters, Global Biofuels Expansion in an Uncertain Energy Price Environment Presentation  Paper

Lindberg A

Concurrent Session 3: Biofuels and Structural Change

Charles Moss, Ashok Mishra and Tyler Mark, Impact of Farm Program Payment on Bio-Fuel Sector: Implications for Structural Change Presentation

Teresa Duch-Carvallo and Jaime Malaga, Is Grain Sorghum an Alternative for Ethanol Production? Presentation  Paper

Tyler Mark, Pablo Antonio Fuentes Garcia and Michael Salassi, Production of Biomass in the Louisiana Sugarcane Belt: What Could it Mean for the Sugar Industry? Presentation   Paper

Osei Yeboah, Saleem Shaik and Ishmail Mintah, U.S. Biodiesel Trade: A Dynamic Gravity Panel Approach Presentation  Paper

 10:00-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Concurrent Session 4: Trade Effects of Biofuels II: Commodity Markets, Food and the Environment

Earhart A

Wyatt Thompson, Seth Meyer and Pat Westhoff, U.S. Biofuel Policy Effects and Agricultural Commodity Exports Presentation  Paper

Henry L. Bryant, Jiamin Lu, James W. Richardson and Joe L. Outlaw, Long-term Effects of Increasing Ethanol Production on Agricultural Markets and Trade, World Land Use, and Food Security Presentation Paper

Rafael Costa, Dwi Susanto and Parr Rosson, Impacts of Expanded Biodiesel Production on the World Soybean Market Presentation  Paper

 Lindberg A

Concurrent Session 5: Feasibility of Biofuels in Alternative Settings

Thein Maung and Cole Gustafson, The Economic Feasibility of Fuel Ethanol Production from Sugar Beets in North Dakota Presentation Paper

Ivan R.Granja, John J. VanSickle, Lonnie Ingram and Rick Weldon, Critical Economic Factors for Success of a Biomass Conversion Plant for Agricultural Residue, Yard Residue and Wood Waste in Florida Presentation

Xiaolan Liu, Michael Farmer and Eric Belasco, The Economic Feasibility of Generating Electricity from Biomass for Peak Load Demand at the South Plains of Texas Presentation  Paper

 12:00 Adjourn

Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization:
The Road Ahead is a project of the S-1043 Regional Research Group: Impacts of Trade and Domestic Policies on the Competitiveness and Performance of Southern Agriculture Andrew Schmitz, Conference Chair