Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

SERA 38 Bio-Based Energy Research and Information Exchange Committee Minutes of Annual Meeting 10-16-2008 In Attendance: Phil Kenkel, Jim Trapp, Cam Thraen, Burt English, Tom Riley, Benjamin Legendre, Tony Windham, Joe Outlaw, Edward Evans, Subbu Kumarappan, Michael Salassi, Cole Gustafson, Steve Fransen, Pat Hipple, James Wooten, Mark Hall, Alan Taylor, Hong Liu, Ted Funk, Kelly Zering. 1:00 Call to order by interim chair Phil Kenkel Jim Fischer, Senior Scientific Advisor, USDA Research, Economics and Education Mission Area reported on the USDA Energy Council strategic plan. Among the topics mentioned were: " The bioenergy awareness day (BEAD III) set for the summer solstice. " E-extension received $100,000 D.O.T. funds for residential energy education. " Memorandums of agreement formed with Rural Electric Cooperatives and NREC and Alliant Energy. " Sungrant is forming a 1 stop web-based resource center on bioenergy Pat Hipple, National Program Leader for Sustainable Biobased Economies in the Economic and Community Systems unit of the CSREES, USDA reported on programs including " energy assistance, " integrated water quality program, " NRI programs under the Integrated Energy Work, Ag Food Resource and Renewable Resources Education titles. Possible activities for SERA 38 were discussed Help define priorities for RFPs NC506 has formed a rapid response team for sustained biorefining of corn. SERA 38 could focus a similar effort on another feedstock Burt English suggested SERA 38 develop media response information Jim Trapp discussed the need to fill the gap between research and extension in the bioenergy area. Goal 2- Action 3 of the USDA strategic plan is to develop an educational plan for bioenergy SERA could develop a web site sharing presentation material List of resource people by institution- Eric Young and Rob Brown could help start the list Pat Hipple indicated that she would distribute the publication Extensions Role in Growing Sustainable Biobased Economies to the SERA-38 group. The publication has a link to the Southern Inventory of Bioenergy resources. North Carolina State also has a national inventory of state incentives for renewable energy at http://www.dsireusa.org/ Tennessee has 16 articles on bioenergy resources Possible SERA 38 publication- Economic information for analysis and feasibility SERA 38 could fulfill a role of advocacy on Capitol Hill Could provide information for communities faced with requests to provide incentive to bioenergy projects. Example: Economic Issues With___ or So You Want to Build an ___Plant Phil Kenkel volunteered to help edit a SERA publication on Econ Information for Analysis and Feasibility of Bioenergy Burt English agreed to take the lead on a policy paper. He also indicated he would lead an effort to survey informational needs on the topic of bioenergy Pat Hipple suggested the effort should be coordinated with E-Extension Ted Funk also suggested the effort could coordinate with Market Maker that helps coordinate marketing of ag products. Market Maker would need information on the property of the bioenergy materials that need to be traded. An election of officers was conducted. Kelly Zering, NC State was elected Chair Burt English, U. of Tennessee was elected vice-chair Phil Kenkel, Oklahoma State was elected Secretary All of the participants provided a discussion of bioenergy related projects in their state or institution. The next meeting of the committee was set in conjunction with Farm Foundations conference The Role of Extension in the Emerging Bioeconomy scheduled to be held in Little Rock Arkansas in late June, 2009. Pat Hipple, Joe Outlaw, Janie Hipp, Richard Nelson, Steve Klose, and Michael Popp are part of the committee planning the conference. The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Compiled list of bio-based energy resource people by institution Compiled information resources relating to Bio-based Energy Shared presentation material on bio-based energy which could be used by SERA-38 members with extension appointments Began design on a SERA-38 web site which will serve as a Began work on a publication on Economic Information for Analysis of Feasibility of Bio-based Energy Systems Two feasibility templates on biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol production were developed and distributed via the Ag Marketing Resource Center web site (www.AGMRC.org)

Baker, J.S., R.B. Jackson, B.A. McCarl, and B.C. Murray, "Bioenergy, Economics and the environment", Presented at Ecological Society of America Meeting on Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels, Washington DC, March, 2008. Catallo, W.J. and T.F. Shupe. 2008. Hydrothermal treatment of mixed preservative-treated wood waste. /Holzforschung/ Vol. 61; 62(1):119-122, 2007. Catallo W. J. and J. L. Comeaux*. *Comprehensive Hydrothermal treatment of municipal sewage sludge. /Waste Management/ ,doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2007.10.005, 2007. Catallo W. J., T. F. Shupe, and D. H. Eberhardt. Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass from Invasive Aquatic Plants^. /Biomass and Bioenergy/ (Elsevier) Vol. 7(9), 32(2):140-145, 2007. Hauser, R.J. Corn-Based Ethanol in Illinois and the U.S.: A Report from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/policy/research_reports/ethanol_report/index.html Kenkel, P. and R. Holcomb. Feasibility of On-Farm or Small Scale Oilseed Processing and Biodiesel Production in Integration of Agricultural and Energy Systems, B.C. English, R.J. Menard and K.Jenson, editors, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois. Proceeding of conference Atlanta Georgia, Feb 12-13, 2008. Kenkel, P. and H.R. Bunt. The Impact of Biofuel Production on Crop Production in the Southern Plains Biofuels, Food and Feed Tradeoffs Outlaw. J.L., J. a, Duffield and D.P.Ernstes, editors, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois, ISBN 978-0-615-20005-7, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Bioenergy in a greenhouse mitigating world", Choices, 23(1), 31-33, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Food, BioFuel, Global Agriculture and Environment: Discussion", Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 530-532, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Adaptation to Climate Change: Issues and Modeling", Presented at Methodology Pre-Workshop for Vulnerability to CC BMZ Project IFPRI, Washington DC, March 19, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Agriculture, Climate Change Mitigation and Biofuels: Economic Explorations", Invited Keynote Presented at Belly Klepper Lecture During Annual Joint Meeting of Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, October, Houston, TX, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Bioenergy in a Greenhouse Gas Mitigating World", Presented at AAEA Meeting on Environmental Choices: Outlook and Investigation on Climate Change as it Relates to Agriculture and Natural Resources Washington DC, ERS, April 1, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "BioEnergy Lifecycle Carbon Footprint, and Leakage", Presented at Farm Foundation meeting on Lifecycle Carbon Footprint of Biofuels, National Press Club, Washington, DC April 8, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "BioEnergy Sorghum, Lifecycle Carbon Footprint, Market Impacts and Leakage", Presented at International Workshop/Conference On Sorghum For Biofuels, Houston, TX August 19, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Bioenergy: A View of the Economic Future", Presented at The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas and TAMU conference on The Business of Fueling the Future - Earth, Wind, and Sun, March, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Bioenergy: How strong will the future market be?", Presented at TAMU Sigma Xi Meeting, Biofuels: Do they have a future? March, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Biofuels and Greenhouse Gasses: Economics of Offsets and Leakage", Presentation at University of Illinois, May, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Biofuels in a GHG Mitigating World: LCA, Leakage and Indirect Land Use", Presented at 3rd Annual Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit: Policies to Prosper in the New Carbon Economy, Crowne Plaza, Chicago OHare, Dec 15, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Biofuels, Climate Change and Agricultural Research: Opportunities and Challenges", Paper given at the NC-1034 symposium on "Energy and Agriculture: Emerging Policy and R&D Issues", Washington, DC, March 7-8, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Biofuels: A View of the Economic Future", Presented at the meeting The business of fueling the future, College Station, TX, March, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Lifecycle Carbon Footprint, Bioenergy and Leakage", Presented at Farm Foundation and USDA meeting on The Lifecycle Carbon Footprint of Biofuels Miami, Fl, January 29, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Lifecycle Footprint, Bioenergy and Leakage: Some Considerations", Invited paper Presented at 29th Annual Agricultural Law Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Linking Economic and Biophysical Models for Climate Change and Biofuel Analysis", Invited Paper at Meeting Biophysical and Economic Models of Biofuel Production and Environmental Impacts, Chicago, Nov. 13-15, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "OR Modeling for Government Policy Analysis: Agricultural related energy, climate change and farm policy", INFORMS Conference Applying Science to the Art of Business April 13-15, 2008 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Baltimore, Maryland, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Pyrolysis, Biochar, and Crop Residues: Is this an Economic Proposition?", Invited Paper Presented at Annual Joint Meeting of Geological Society of America (GSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Houston, October, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "US Bioenergy: Potential, Policy and Economic/Climate Change Concerns", Invited paper presented at Transatlantic Climate and Energy Cooperation: The Way Forward A German-U.S. Dialogue, Washington, DC, November 17, 2008. McCarl, B.A., "Will Bioenergy be Profitable: Markets, Lifecycle Carbon Footprint, Commodity Prices and Leakage", Invited paper presented at GROW III - Oklahoma Conference on Biofuels, Oklahoma City, OK November 12, 2008. McCarl, B.A., and B.L. Sohngen, "Climate Change Squeeze: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation in Agriculture and Forestry", Presented at National Coalition for Food and Agriculture Research, 2008 Hill Seminar Series Washington DC, March 31, 2008. McCarl, B.A., C. Peacocke, R. Chrisman, C-C. Kung, and R.D. Sands, "Economics of Biochar Production, Utilisation and GHG Offsets pr", Presented at International Biochar Initiative Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK September 9, 2008. Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H.H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B.A. McCarl, F. O'Mara, C. Rice, R. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, S.M. Ogle, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U.A. Schneider, S. Towprayoon, M. Wattenbach, and J.E. Smith, "Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 363(1492), 789-813, 2008. Selected Papers Baker, J.S., B.A. McCarl, and others, "GHG Pricing versus Quantity Restrictions: The Relative Environmental Impacts of Multiple Policies Supporting Biofuel Expansion", Presented at the WAEA annual meeting at Big Sky Montana, June 25-27, 2008. Maung, T., and B.A. McCarl, "Economics of Biomass Fuels for Electricity Production: A Case Study with Crop Residues", Selected paper presented at 2008 AAEA Annual Meetings, Orlando, FL, July, 2008. Zhu, E., and B.A. McCarl, "Sensitivity of the US Agriculture and Forest Sectors to Climate Change Policies and Adaptation", Presented at the United States Association for Energy Economics Meeting, New Orleans, Dec, 2008. Posters Baker, J.S., R.B. Jackson, B.A. McCarl, and B.C. Murray, "Land Conservation in an Evolving Agricultural Era: Trade-Offs to Consider", Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA - 15-19 December, 2008. Web-sites and Software Developed Website developed at CABER http://www.bioenergy.uiuc.edu/ Kenkel P. and R. Holcomb. Feasibility Assessment Template for an Enzymatic Hydrolysis Lignocellulosic Ethanol Plant Ag Marketing Resource Center, http://www.agmrc.org/renewable_energy/ethanol/cellulosic_ethanol_feasibility_template.cfm Kenkel P. and R. Holcomb OSU Biodiesel Feasibility Template, Sept. 2008, http://www.fapc.biz/services/economics.html