The last few months have provided opportunity to flex my spreadsheet skillset. Excel code and technique seemed to erupt through the keyboard. In the last few months, diverse datasets have included: 2024 household food expenditures 2024 household power consumption and … Continue reading →
A year contains half a million minutes. The residential solar panel data arrived in five-minute increments, or about 20 percent of the annual minute universe. Adding in the utility generated data, the two data sources delivered about 130,000 data points. … Continue reading →
Excel sheets happen, but only if one knows the hidden menus upon which to click. One of the most useful Excel tricks is copying spreadsheets. Copying and moving a sheet doesn’t show up a lot in the spreadsheet tricks that … Continue reading →
Modeling tools are used for more than forecasting. To complete the analysis of household energy consumption, forensic data modeling was required. Data from two different datasets were needed, and was in slightly different formats that prohibited a smooth alignment. The … Continue reading →
Over the last few weeks, we have been sharing grocery retail prices (food at home) from our 2024 receipts. Today’s post captures four produce items: potatoes, mandarin oranges, dill pickles, and raisins. It is important to recall that this is … Continue reading →
Biomass Rules operates at the intersection of production agricultural food production and opportunities to bring value-adding, agricultural byproducts back into the economy through reuse. The moving target for value-adding byproducts is the pool of undervalued wastes. The knowledge of agricultural … Continue reading →
When markets fail to perform efficiently does that mean only a government policy fix will work? Or when the government policies fail does that mean only a market fix will succeed? In a word, no. This chart shows the total … Continue reading →
What is the value of a local home high school football game? How about the value of a community service organization? When I began my teaching career in undergraduate economics, I also moved back to my ancestorial home, Greenville, Illinois, … Continue reading →
Agricultural byproducts are not produced on demand. The quantity of byproduct production is based on the demand for the higher valued commodity or product. This is not news. But it seems forgotten in the passionate discussions of waste cooking oils … Continue reading →
Is emerging cellular agriculture an extension of farming? Or is it a replacement for farming? An extension of farming – grain to beer – is an economic complement. A farm replacement – meat and dairy protein from tanks – is … Continue reading →
