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 →
EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) dataset is a foundation of the transformation of negative methane emissions into beneficial use of biogenic natural gas. This transition is robust, dynamic, and well documented. It has always been the older sibling to … 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 →
The USDA released the initial 2022 Census of Agriculture files in February 2024. We had to wait 18 months to get the farm typology data released in August of 2025. It is the same data, but it is organized by … 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 →
Service in the US Peace Corps in 1982 to 1984 was a 27-month investment in my life more than 40 years ago that continues to pay dividends today. A significant life lesson for me has been that substantive improvements in … 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 →
