Thanksgiving arrives with an annual focus on food prices. We host friends and family at home with lots of prepared food. One of the annual food price traditions is the American Farm Bureau Federation, Thanksgiving Survey. Regular readers know that … Continue reading →
In September, the St. Louis Agribusiness Club released their 2025 Economic Study of the agribusiness economic impact on the St. Louis region. For those of us in this region, it is validation of the passion we have for working in … Continue reading →
New market demand for renewable natural gas (RNG), or biogenic methane, is growing. First, the EPA AgStar historical farm digester data was charted to illustrate the rapid recent growth in farm digesters. Next, the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) … Continue reading →
This fun map from EPA, AgStar farm digester website gives a striking visual of the distribution of US farm digesters. The largest digesters are fewer than ten years old. This dataset was last updated in 2024. At that time there … Continue reading →
Revenue-generating renewable methane is real and a growing industry. My encounter with MAAS Energy Works at Simpson University in Redding, California earlier this month, was a homecoming for Biomass Rules. The importance of this topic was reenforced with the American … Continue reading →
While at visiting Simpson University’s Operation Management’s class last week, I received a welcomed education! The day I was visiting Simpson University’s Business Department, so was MAAS Energy Works. Wow! Such a happy convergence. Twenty years ago, through Biomass Rules, … Continue reading →
I really enjoyed spending a recent class period with macroeconomic students at Simpson University in Redding, California. Simpson is a private, faith-based college similar to Greenville University where I taught for eight years. One constant over my 45-year career, is … Continue reading →
Monday, September 22, 2025, the 2025 Agribusiness Economic and Jobs Study, 2025, results were presented to the St. Louis Agribusiness Club. The St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) agribusiness economic impact has grown since the last study in 2019. Based … Continue reading →
People drive the agricultural industry. AgriCULTURE is built on culture. Every year the Farm Progress Show provides a forum for learning about the newest and best technology in production agriculture – mostly crop production. But my experience is that it … Continue reading →
First time author, book arrival moment. It was authentically gratifying! Late the other night, my wife, Tracy Hall, made a comment about the cameras catching the delivery truck. I said, “what delivery truck?” Well, what do you know? A box … Continue reading →
