biofuels industry and impacts on agriculture dwight aakrefarm management specialistjanuary 2007 web page http www ag ndsu nodak edu aginfo farmmgmt htm some energy statistics in 2005 the us consumed 139 9 billion gallons of gasoline produced 3 ethanol 43 2 diesel 75 million biodiesel imported 65 percent all petroleum sources oil 2004 imports risk 30 our comes from middle east venezuela nigeria politically volatile areas corn can provide about 10 without increasing food feed prices reducing requires moving to cellulosic expansion as june 102 plants operating with 4 b capacity 32 new under construction 03 another 127 announced 8 21 total if are built is 15 99 plant ownership current 47 farmer owned 39 production 12 11 used for
