A Sustainable Bio-Supply Chain Begins with Sustainable Agriculture Cropping Systems

This presentation will illustrate how industrial processors can partner with the agricultural community to develop a sustainable bio-supply chain using the pillars of environmental health, economic profitability and stakeholder equity.

Key points will include:

• the implications of an alternative crop for existing cropping systems

• the agronomic and environmental considerations of an alternative crop

• the economic risks for growers including capital needs, loss of open market flexibility, loss of risk management tools, and the overall uncertainty of a new crop

• the range of gross revenues that the alternative crop must return to be competitive with the opportunities with traditional crops

• the storage and logistics issues that must be addressed to make an alternative crop viable

• How might industrial processors partner with growers to mitigate these risks for both parties and make alternative crops viable feedstocks for a bio-supply chain?