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The Price of Food Dominates Alternative Use Markets

Biomass Rules Posted on June 11, 2024 by Mark JennerJanuary 14, 2025

This chart was created in 2011 to illustrate the US. price of fuel relative to the US. price of food.  The debate back in those days was whether to produce food or fuel (food vs. fuel).  It was the politics … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, firm, macro | Tagged alternative use, drought and floods, energy, feed, food price, food vs. fuel, fuel, livestock, markets, Patrick Westhoff, price of food dominates alternative use markets, soybean meal, soybean oil, substitution, The Economics of Food, waste, wealth effect | Leave a reply

The 2022 Farm Economy – A Snapshot in Time

Biomass Rules Posted on March 26, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 30, 2024

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the definition of a U.S. farm for the purposes of collecting data in the Census of Agriculture, was set at $1,000 of farm value of production. This includes gross sales or potential sales. The Ag … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, macro | Tagged $1000 of value of production, 1977 inflation of 6.7%, 2022 Census of Agriculture, 2022 farm economy - snapshot in time, 2022 inflation cyclical high, CPI Consumer Price Index, cyclical low, definition of a farm, farm, farm economy, inflation, non-census years, snapshot in time | Leave a reply

Discerning Agribusiness in the Macroeconomy

Biomass Rules Posted on March 21, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 25, 2024

The last seven years, Greenville University has been building a BS in Agribusiness, in their Briner School of Business. This has required a target market for arming agribusiness graduates, hungry for leadership in their formative careers. This chart from USDA, … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, macro | Tagged 5.4 percent of GDP, agribusiness, agriculture, discerning agribusiness, discerning agribusiness in the macroeconomy, Economic Research Service (ERS), final goods and services, gross domestic product (GDP), macroeconomy, plant-derived products, production sector, related industries, retail sector, reuse not included, straighter pathways, USDA, value-adding sector | Leave a reply

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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.

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