Last week, USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) posted this chart on used oil as feedstocks in biodiesel production. This USDA chart indicated that we are pulling undervalued fats, oils, and greases into higher valued uses as transportation fuel. This promotes … Continue reading →
Ok. This is certainly overkill, but I can’t stop sharing. There was a lot of interest in the last post, Midwest Land Prices Only Increase in the LONG View. But it gets EVEN cooler. Two of the lines in this … Continue reading →
Ten years ago, while working for University of Missouri – Extension, I had the privilege of joining a curriculum development team on estate and farm transfers. We developed the idea of a case, or at least believable story, to go … Continue reading →
The Bond County Fair happens the first weekend in August each year. A summer highlight is the Junior Livestock Sale. Once 4-H livestock projects have been completed, the show animals are auctioned off. This year’s sale was last night, 8/5/24. … Continue reading →
The emerging bioeconomy is effectively starting at the system level and moving down to individual market activities. A constant for millions of years is photosynthesis. It captures solar energy – everyday for millions of years – and converts it to … Continue reading →
Economic information these days, influenced by election-year passions, spawned economic claims that do not represent actual underlying economic trends. This post looks at the compelling nature of authentic data that does not have any meaningful forecasting value. Biomass Rules is … Continue reading →
One factor that allowed me to step up into higher education after several decades of intentionally avoiding a teaching career, was Seth Godin’s book, “What to do when it is your turn (and it is always your turn).” We are … Continue reading →
All of the ‘local market’ references in the Greenville, Illinois Independence Day post have evolved from guiding farmers and agribusinesses for decades on moving bulky, undervalued manure and biomass residues. The farther they travel, the less reusable value they have. … Continue reading →
Homebase for Biomass Rules, LLC is Greenville, IL, population, 7,000. I have lived in rural communities across the US, in Europe, and in Asia. When I was young each place was just somewhere to live. Over the years, I began … Continue reading →
What in the farm-data mess is this? …It is a map to providing pathways for turning wastes into revenues. This is Part 4 in stepping through the impact of technology on making the world better economically and ecologically. Recall: Outputs … Continue reading →
