How Ohio Farmers Can Benefit from Demand for Biofuels
With millions of Americans looking for "green" energy sources, biofuels are particularly beneficial to rural economies.
• To keep the costs of transporting biofuels down, biofuel processing facilities are usually constructed near the site of crop growth. The result is an economic investment in rural economies, resulting in both agricultural and industrial employment.
• Energy crops, like fast-growing trees and grasses, can be used for biodiesel fuel production. These crops are considered very easy to grow and particularly durable and inexpensive. This provides rural farmers with an opportunity to add variation to their agricultural production that can stabilize farm income and the market.
• Biofuels can boost the domestic economy by producing, as opposed to importing, fuels. Producing domestic fuel alternatives would mean that money now going to acquire oil overseas could be invested in local economies. Imagine what that could mean to American economic security, not to mention your farm’s profits.
