Economics of small-scale on-farm use of canola and soybean for biodiesel and straight vegetable oil biofuels

Agriculture & Biology

• canola 76%
• vegetable oil 70%
• biodiesel 68%
• biofuels 64%
• soybeans 50%
• economics 46%
• farms 46%
• feedstocks 38%
• production costs 26%
• market prices 17%
• input costs 9%
• coproducts 8%
• credit 8%
• economic sustainability 8%
• commercialization 7%
• petroleum 6%
• Brassica napus 6%
• Glycine max 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• canola 100%
• vegetable oil 89%
• soybean 75%
• farm 58%
• economics 40%
• cost 35%
• market price 15%
• competitiveness 13%
• economic viability 7%
• commercialization 6%
• credit 6%
• valuation 6%
• diesel 5%
• price 4%
• petroleum 4%
• product 2%
• effect 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biofuels 77%
• Biodiesel 73%
• Farms 67%
• Economics 44%
• Feedstocks 34%
• Costs 26%