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Energy Costs and Agriculture (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date April 24, 2001
Report Number RL30943
Report Type Report
Authors Jerry Heykoop, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

U.S. agriculture is not an especially energy-intensive industry, but energy does account for about 6% of farm production costs. Additionally, farming is a highly mechanized industry and requires timely energy supplies at particular stages of the production cycle in order to achieve optimum yields. A substantial part of energy use by agriculture is indirect —embodied in the chemicals applied and machinery used on farms.