OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1996 · 20 citations · 0 references
AgricultureAgricultural EconomicsAgronomyAgribusiness EconomicsCrop ModelingCrop ProductionAgricultural Production EconomicsAgricultural Production SystemsBioeconomic ModelingBioenergy SystemsCrop Production EconomicsEconomic AnalysisBioenergy EconomicsBioenergy TechnologiesLabor RentsNet Present ValueProduction Costs
A key component in assessing the economic competitiveness of bioenergy crops is an estimation of the cost of producing these crops. BIOCOST is an EXCEL-based software program that can be used to estimate the cost of producing hybrid poplar and switchgrass in seven regions of the United States. The default mode of BIOCOST estimates a full-economic cost, but users can calculate combinations of variable cash, fixed, and owned resource costs to fit their needs. Users can also change yields, land rents, discount rate, prices, and quantities of chemicals, fertilizers, fuel, labor, and seeds (spacing for hybrid poplars). BIOCOST output includes yearly estimates of all economic costs and the calculated net present value cost by acre and by ton.