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Farm Size, Asset Management, and Area Under Glass

Biomass Rules Posted on January 7, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 7, 2025

US Farm size is difficult to label in a quantitative way.  When a measure is easy to derive, it is not very relevant.  While moving toward unpacking cellular agriculture in the next few posts, there are formative steps to cover … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, farm, firm, policy | Tagged area under glass, asset management, cellular, cellulose conversion, farm size, floriculture and bedding, food and animal feed, food crops, fuel and energy, hemp, microbial, mushrooms, nitrogen fixation, nursery crops, propagative materials, sod, soil microbes, transformation, waste treatment and utilization | Leave a reply

Being Green and Clean is More than a Dogma

Biomass Rules Posted on January 3, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 3, 2025

Reusing resources delivers value, not simply added costs.  As I was reviewing data for my editor on US paper sourcing the Wall Street Journal published an article about Wall Street Banks running from clean energy and climate issues.  As new … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, education, policy | Tagged banks, being green and clean is more than a dogma, clean, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), cost effective, dogma, first-use paper, green, investors, landfills, recycled paper, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Wall Street Journal (WSJ), waste-in-place | Leave a reply

Modeling Farm Income versus Farm Household Income

Biomass Rules Posted on December 27, 2024 by Mark JennerDecember 27, 2024

Over the last few decades, financing the family farm has shifted.  Farm policies and farm management begin with the idea of a farm as the central business unit of a farm household.  This is an excellent place to begin.  But … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, farm, policy, wealth creation | Tagged Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), Economic Research Service (ERS), farm household income, farm income versus farm household income, farm typology, farming-occupation, gross cash farm income (GCFI), large, low-sales, midsize, moderate-sales, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), new farm household planning model, non-family, off-farm-occupation, retirement, risk management tool, traditional farm finance model, USDA, very large | Leave a reply

Characterizing US Farms by State with Median and Average Values

Biomass Rules Posted on December 19, 2024 by Mark JennerDecember 19, 2024

US farms are very diverse but are easy to group into a common label.  The 1.9 million farms counted by USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) for 2023, are all authentically US farms.  The average number of farms per state … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, farm, policy | Tagged 2023, acres per farm by state, average, by state, characterizing US farms, characterizing US farms by state with median and average values, Economic Research Service (ERS), farm income, farm number per state, median, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), uneven distribution, USDA | Leave a reply

The Incorrect Use of a Mean to Mean a Midpoint is Just Mean

Biomass Rules Posted on December 17, 2024 by Mark JennerDecember 17, 2024

English is so difficult.  The word ‘mean’ here has three different meanings, one of which is to understand. The first occurrence of ‘mean’ infers an average. The second ‘mean’ occurrence implies or conveys understanding. The third ‘mean’ is a value … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, policy, science | Tagged 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, applied theory, arithmetic mean, average, central limit, changing data alters theory, critical thinking, inference, misleading, normal distribution, normal human body temperature, pandemic, the incorrect use of a mean to mean a midpoint is just mean, vigilance, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) | Leave a reply

US Economic Policies are Naturally Fractal and Not Retractable

Biomass Rules Posted on December 3, 2024 by Mark JennerDecember 4, 2024

In the United States, one president is preparing to leave, while the next one is preparing to take over.  With each presidential transition, there are plans to dismantle policies created during one administration so life will return to better days.  … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, education, policy | Tagged Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, dismantle, fractal, Inflation Reduction Act, natural, non-random, not retractable, overturn, policies grow and adapt, renewable natural gas RNG, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, retraction, Roe vs. Wade, time-series, US economic policies, US economic policies are naturally fractal and not retractable, Wall Street Journal (WSJ), waste to resources | Leave a reply

Tracking Pastureland Use Change in USDA, Natural Resource Inventory

Biomass Rules Posted on November 4, 2024 by Mark JennerNovember 4, 2024

Land use change has gotten complicated.  Tracking changes in climate have added more than simply physical changes in land use.  The first step in understanding the more sophisticated land use change implications is to understand what land is changing.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, policy, science | Tagged 25 GWP, 300 GWP, ambient carbon, annual cropland, cattle methane emissions, domestic cattle emissions, global cattle emissions, land use change, Natural Resource Inventory (NRI), nitrous oxide, perennial pasture, sensitive soils, tracking pastureland use change, tracking pastureland use change in USDA Natural Resource Inventory, USDA | Leave a reply

Forecasting a Plague with Moving Averages

Biomass Rules Posted on September 23, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 23, 2024

Moving averages are the most basic tool, taught in undergraduate courses as an introduction to forecasting.  Prior to the pandemic, commodity futures charts were the go-to illustration of the benefits of moving averages for undergraduate students.  Moving averages smooth out the … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, policy, science | Tagged 7-day moving average, basic tool, Center for Disease Control (CDC), COVID, data uncertainty, false negative, false positive, forecasting, forecasting a plague with moving averages, moving averages, negative, new cases per day, pandemic, plague, poor quality data, positive, uniform protocol | Leave a reply

Turn-of-the-Century Biofuel-Fossil Feedstock Dynamics

Biomass Rules Posted on September 7, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 7, 2024

The more things change, it seems the more they stay the same.  This Biomass Rules chart with data from 2006, appeared in Chapter 19: Williams, James L. and Mark Jenner. Petroleum Dependence, Biofuels – Economies Of Scope And Scale; US … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, policy | Tagged $/MMBTU., biofuel-to-fossil feedstock dynamics, crude oil, energy values, FAME biodiesel, feed, food, fossil diesel, fuel, Jim Williams, number 2 yellow grease, renewable diesel, turn-of-the-century, turn-of-the-century biofuel-to-fossil feedstock dynamics, used vegetable oil | Leave a reply

The Seminal Role of Commodities in Food Value

Biomass Rules Posted on September 3, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 3, 2024

Paying $3 for a drive-thru coffee is a rational choice when the alternative is no coffee at all.  It is also reasonable to pay $4 for a box of corn cereal.  If one, 12-ounce box of cereal provides 8 bowls … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, policy | Tagged affordable, cereal, commodities, corn grain, disposable income, distributor, Economic Research Service (ERS), food, food dollar, food value, inputs, processor, rational, retailer, seminal role, seminal role of commodities in food value, supply chain, USDA | 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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'rül. 1: noun. 1 : regulations, bylaws or governing procedure, 2: verb. a : to exert control, direction, or influence on, b : to declare authoritatively.

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