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 →
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 →
Outer space is now open for business. On February 22, 2024, a private company space vehicle, Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon. The first manned U.S. lunar landing occurred in 1969 and was completely government funded. The 1960s U.S. space … Continue reading →
In the old days, agribusiness referred to a business providing farm inputs. This broadly impacted everything involving goods and services connected to agricultural commodities. Commodities are the raw products from crops and livestock that cannot be differentiated on product quality. … Continue reading →
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 →
Local markets are defined in more than one way which distracts from agreement on the value of local markets. In calculus, local maxima, are defined as a relative measure rather than an absolute boundary. No explicit boundary is defined. Local … Continue reading →
In 2016, I was invited to build a BS in agribusiness in a private, 4-year, business school (non-ag). I had 4 degrees in agriculture (agronomy (BS), ag mechanization (MS), and ag econ (MS & PhD)), and had worked in research, … Continue reading →
[Note: this post was originally posted on 1/1/24, but the site was updated later and the dates got changed.] Every new day, week, month, or year, is full of potential, and for me, hope. A few weeks ago, Renewable Natural … Continue reading →
