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Shaping Ag Data by Showing Up When Cool Things Happen

Biomass Rules Posted on March 26, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 28, 2024

The 2022 Census of Agriculture was released on February 13, 2024.  This image is the top of the first table, Table 1, in the 750-page data document on summary data in the United States for the production year, 2022.  In … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, policy | Tagged 1.9 million farms, 1997 Commerce Department methodology, 1997 USDA methodology, 2022, 463 acres per farm, Census Bureau, Census of Agriculture, cool things happen, National Agriculture Statistic Service (NASS), shaping ag data, shaping ag data by showing up when cool things happen, showing up | Leave a reply

MAN–U–RE GOOD (Man, You Are Good)!!

Biomass Rules Posted on March 26, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 27, 2024

From the archives of fun papers I have written, this one from when I was a manure economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation in 2001.  We had been working through the politics of manure production and use with the … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, policy | Tagged building materials, composts, costs more than it is worth, electricity, ethanol, good manure doesn’t exist, heat, man you are good, MAN-U-RE GOOD (man you are good), MAN–U–RE GOOD, methane, more value than it costs, nitrogen, phosphorus, tipping fees, worth as much as disposal cost | Leave a reply

Bioenergy Success Depends on Local Markets that ‘Are in the Neighborhood’

Biomass Rules Posted on March 25, 2024 by Mark JennerDecember 12, 2024

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 →

Posted in definition, policy, wealth creation | Tagged basis, bioenergy, bioenergy success depends on local markets that are in the neighborhood, buy local, cash, comparative advantage, demand, depends on local, futures, global, in the neighborhood, local, local maxima, relative, restricted demand, success, trade, undefined | Leave a reply

Academic Agribusiness in a Microeconomic Model

Biomass Rules Posted on March 21, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 25, 2024

Teaching undergraduate college students, today, means meeting them where they are at, on their terms.  For subjects like agribusiness, economics, bioenergy systems, and environmental services there is no shortage of compelling topics.  The value added by the classes must provide … Continue reading →

Posted in education, policy | Tagged 21 credit hours, academic agribusiness, academic agribusiness in a microeconomic model, agribusiness, business identity/structure, business model, business planning, critical thinking, financial plan, Greenville University, marketing plan, microeconomic model, operation plan, problem-solving, teaching, undergraduate | Leave a reply

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Providing solutions through the strategic utilization of all kinds of biomass; the development of new markets for food, fiber, and fuels; and streamlining regulations.

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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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