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Energy Independence Reflections: July 4, 2025

Biomass Rules Posted on July 8, 2025 by Mark JennerJuly 8, 2025

The Big Beautiful Bill has passed.  I am trying to keep up as best as a multi-value chain, policy-adjacent economist can.  I am a professional skeptic, and therefore, am pretty sure that regardless of the new policy, we will forge … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, Biomass Rules, definition, economics, education, firm, macro, Making $ense of Energy, policy, Renewable Fuel, science, wealth creation | Tagged Big Beautiful Bill, Biomass Rules, choices matter, energy independence reflections, federal markets, here to stay, international markets, July 4 2025, local markets, Lower 25 states have 16 percent renewable capacity, regional markets, renewable energy is local, renewable power, trade balance across state lines, Upper 25 states have 42 percent renewable capacity, US 30 percent renewable power | Leave a reply

Spring 2025, Death, and New Life

Biomass Rules Posted on April 18, 2025 by Mark JennerApril 18, 2025

As the 2025 Easter weekend approaches, the Biomass Rules winter compost pile nears ready-to-apply status.  This photo illustrates all the undervalued organics from 2024, being prepared to add organic matter to the ancient clay soils, which after last year’s construction, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomass Rules, Making $ense of Energy, production, science | Tagged Biomass Rules, cardboard, compost, cycle of life, death, Easter, former biosolar collectors, leaves, New Life, rotting invasive species, spring 2025 | Leave a reply

Impressions of a Fledgling Blogger – Day 257

Biomass Rules Posted on September 16, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 16, 2024

As an economist, I have been trained to see the world through a lens of critical thinking.  As a manure visionary, I have been trained to look beyond traditional monetary values to measure both benefits and costs.  If and when … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomass Rules, economics, policy, science | Tagged agribusiness, bioenergy, biomass, blog, Census of Agriculture, clarification, climate, Day 257, economics, fledgling blogger, food systems, hemp production, impressions, Impressions of a fledgling blogger on day 257, inflations, local markets, renewable natural gas RNG | Leave a reply

A Tale of Two Markets: Local and Global

Biomass Rules Posted on March 26, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 26, 2024

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 and’, rather than ‘one or the other.’ One of these unique markets … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomass Rules, economics, wealth creation | Tagged a tale of two markets, a tale of two markets - local and global, both and, ethanol premium for local corn, global, in the neighborhood, local, local and global, local as comparative advantage, markets, not one or the other, positive basis | Leave a reply

Local, the Uneasy Substitute to Global

Biomass Rules Posted on March 25, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 25, 2024

As a quantitatively trained, free-market economist, I had been shaped to believe buying ‘local’ was a preference that was not cost-effective. But as I grew into a manure visionary and biomass systems economist, bulky and wet materials of limited value … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, Biomass Rules, science | Tagged bioenergy, bulky, change, competitor, export, externality, global, import, livestock, local, local food, local the uneasy substitute to global, low-value, manure, opportunity cost, supply chain, systems, uneasy substitute, Word Bank | Leave a reply

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Mission Statement:
Providing solutions through the strategic utilization of all kinds of biomass; the development of new markets for food, fiber, and fuels; and streamlining regulations.

bio·mass:
ˈbī-ō-ˌmas. noun. 1 : the unit area or volume of living matter, 2 : plant materials and animal waste used as renewable feedstocks into new processes.

rules:
'rül. 1: noun. 1 : regulations, bylaws or governing procedure, 2: verb. a : to exert control, direction, or influence on, b : to declare authoritatively.

Manure…
is not a four-letter word.

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