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= Article evaluation = The Article begins with a brief description of what constitutes corn ethanol biomass yet fails to denote the differentiation between “corn ethanol” and “corn ethanol biomass” which could get confusing given the fact that “corn ethanol is also the name given to any liquor distilled from corn.

The Contents of the article have several flaws, specifically in the “Production process” section where there is a lot of quantitative data about the processes, yet no sources sited what so ever to support various claims. The phrase “wet milling and dry milling” is used unnecessarily at the beginning and end of the section as well as information being redundantly repeated regarding the subject. There is also some information that is not relevant to the article that was added at the end of the Environmental issues section where information about other biofuels is quoted without any relevant connection to corn ethanol biomass.

The tone of the Article begins by being direct and unbiased yet the “Environmental and social issues” section leaves room to explore what the negative side of the controversial research regarding the effects that the production/consumption of corn ethanol has compared to other forms of biofuel.

The Talk page of the article is not very active yet holds some coherent commentary about certain biases that were present in past iterations of the article, besides this it is noted that the article is part of WikiProjectEnvironment as well as being within the scope of WikiProjectEnergy where it is rated as a “Stub-Class” on the quality scale.

The sources currently sited in the article are up to date and from valuable/reputable sources such as publicized scientific factual studies. Besides the lack of sources in the “Production process” section, the few ones available appear to be valid.

Bibliography (References)
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http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045905/meta

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-004-1819-8

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Cropland
40.5% of the croplands designated to corn in the United States are delegated for the production of corn ethanol

Croplands are the land designated to the cultivation of a plant. According to studies conducted in 2011, In the United States  40.5% of the acreage designated for corn grain harvested nationwide was utilized for the production of corn ethanol, of which only 25% was attributed to ethanol when accounting for feed co-product usage, only leaving 59.5% of the crop yield for consumption.

One of the main controversies involving the production of corn ethanol is the concern for the area of cropland that is required to grow the corn designated for ethanol and the competing cropland area designated for corn that may be used for human or animal consumption.