By Claudia Hitaj and Shellye Suttles
What is the Issue?
Since the early 2000s, energy policy and market conditions have affected the agriculture sector as both a consumer and producer of energy. Farms consumer energy directly in the form of gasoline, diesel, electricity and natural gas, and indirectly in energy-intensive inputs such as fertilizer and pesticides. In addition, some farms produce renewable energy or lease out land for wind turbine, oil or gas development.
In 2005, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was enacted, requiring transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of biofuels, directly. . .
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