156 Estimating Current and Future Biomass Feedstocks: Integrative Approaches using Field Data, Remote Sensing, Economics, and Land-Use Change Modeling

Oral Session
A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems
The success of the bio-based energy industry will require accurate and timely assessments of available feedstock. This session is intended to present various approaches to estimating current and future supply of biomass feedstock from regional to continental scale. Topics will include field work on bioenergy crops, compilation and analysis of regional field data, and mapping of estimated yields over large regions. Additional focus will be on methods, including geostatistics, classification of remote sensing for cropland delineation, development or revision of existing plant models to estimate yields, and use of agricultural economic models to predict future adoption of biomass feedstocks.
Cosponsor(s):

A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling, A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems, C06 Forage and Grazinglands

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 2:25 PM-3:05 PM
Convention Center, Room 308, Third Floor

Presiding:
Tristram West
2:25 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:30 PM
Potential Bioenergy Feedstock Production From Rural Land in New York State: The Necessity of Moving Beyond Estimates of Technically Available Resources.
Christian Peters, Cornell Univ.; Zia Ahmed, Cornell Univ.; Jenifer Wightman, Cornell Univ.; Peter Woodbury, Cornell Univ.
2:45 PM
Distribution of Energy in Corn Plants.
Keri Cantrell, USDA-ARS; Jeffrey Novak, USDA-ARS; James Frederick, Clemson Univ.; Douglas Karlen, USDA-ARS; Donald Watts, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
3:05 PM
Adjourn