Outer space is now open for business. On February 22, 2024, a private company space vehicle, Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon. The first manned U.S. lunar landing...Read More
There was a time, not so long ago, when agribusiness referred to a farm input-providing business. This was readily translated into everything involving goods and services that revolved...Read More
Local and global markets for ag and biomass products are two distinct markets that are interdependent. They are two parts of the same system. It is a ‘both...Read More
Local markets are defined in more than one way. This adds unexpected confusion to a simple term like, ‘local’. Mathematicians have a definition for local that adds clarity....Read More
What? This is what biomass systems economists do. We add value to goods and services in value attributes that go beyond having a price in dollars. Most of...Read More
Teaching undergraduate college students, today, means meeting them where they are at, on their terms. For subjects like agribusiness, economics, bioenergy systems, and environmental services there is no...Read More
Defining agribusiness in the production ecosystem model, left many aspects unaccounted, such as dollar value. Another model must more accurately reflect the business of agriculture in the US...Read More
In 2016, I was invited to build a BS in agribusiness in a private, 4-year, business school (non-ag). I had 4 degrees in agriculture (agronomy (BS), ag mechanization...Read More