July 13, 2009

Conference coming up on land use change, ethanol

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With a lot of questions surrounding corn-based ethanol, land use change and climate change, the National Corn Growers Association has organized a conference to throw it all on the table and give attendees an opportunity discuss the issues in depth.

The conference will be Aug. 25-26 in St. Louis, Mo. Early registration runs through Aug. 4 - click here for more info. (Or go to www.ncga.com.)

The technical conference includes sessions on topics as land use change, nitrous oxide, new technologies and their effect on greenhouse gas emissions, domestic and international yields, satellite data and land conversion greenhouse gas emission factors, defining renewable biomass and distillers grains.

Recently confirmed presenters at the conference include Steven Del Grosso, Colorado State University; Dr. Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M; Nancy Harris, Winrock International; Keith Kline, Oakridge National Laboratory, and Ken Copenhaver, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Other speakers include: Dr. Bruce Dale of Michigan State University, Dr. Wally Tyner of Purdue University, Dr. Pat Westhoff of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute and Dr. Michael Wang of Argonne National Laboratory.

The conference cost of $250 includes refreshments, a cocktail reception and lunch. The meeting will take place at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel.

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