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Local Ag Drone Pilot Workshop Clarifies Certification, Maintenance and Drone Operation

Biomass Rules Posted on June 20, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 20, 2025

The Ag Technologies Solutions Group, in Greenville, Illinois, has a vision for simplifying drone pilot training, Part 107 certification, and demystifying drone operations.  ATSG has created a hands-on workshop on navigating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) policies surrounding piloting unmanned … Continue reading →

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Terrain Ag – Economic Sustainability of Dairy Digesters – Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on June 20, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 20, 2025

Ben Laine, Terrainag.com wrote an interesting report dairy digester sustainability.  One graphic message in an animated version of this map shows US dairy digester growth since 2001.  Dairy digesters keep growing in size.  The most recent digesters dwarf the earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, farm, firm, macro, Making $ense of Energy, policy, production, science | Tagged Ben Laine, biogas, biogenic, dairy bedding, direct use, economic sustainability of dairy digesters, fertilizer cost savings, fossil natural gas, fuel value, Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits, making sense of energy, methane, offsets, peak-power pricing, Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits, renewable natural gas RNG, tax credits, Terrain Ag, terrainag.com, tipping fees | Leave a reply

I Went Looking For America and Found It! – Secret Life of Rural America

Biomass Rules Posted on June 17, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 17, 2025

A good friend invited me to Hutchinson, Minnesota last weekend to celebrate a joyous life event.  Working in the Midwest most of my career, it is often easiest just to drive rather than fly to neighboring states.  Earlier in my … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, firm, policy, production, science, Secret Life of Rural Communities, wealth creation | Tagged biofuels, biomass energy, commercial farming, farmers markets, I went looking for America and found it, Illinois, Iowa, life science, local culture, local infrastructure, Minnesota, Missouri, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Nepal, rural development, Secret Life of Rural America, similar but different, solar, sustainable agriculture, wind | Leave a reply

Solid Coding using ‘Natural’ Intelligence Suggests Always Start with FRED – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on June 5, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 5, 2025

This final lesson on shaping data in Excel is brought to you by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) website.  Reviewing the YouTube videos created for this data-shaping exercise, the 4 videos span 45 total … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, macro, policy, science, What the Function | Tagged $ sign anchors, be fierce, be passionate, be smart, Consumer Price Index (CPI), download data, Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), INDEX/MATCH(), LEFT(), month, rapid data download, ready-to-use time-series data, RIGHT(), solid coding 'natural' intelligence suggests always start with FRED, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, text vs numeric dates, TEXT(), VLOOKUP(), what the function | Leave a reply

Excel Data Shaping Fundamentals VLOOKUP() – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on June 3, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 3, 2025

A traditional way of shaping data in Excel is by using the VLOOKUP() function.  After identifying the item to look up and the array in which to search for it, a range is identified where the new information can be … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, policy, science, What the Function | Tagged autofill dates, Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), Consumer Price Index (CPI), data transpose, End-arrow keystroke, Excel data shaping fundamentals, HLOOKUP(), INDEX/MATCH(), manual drag and drop, month, numeric date, reshaping data, spot check new values with original, text dates, TEXT(), VLOOKUP(), what the function, XLOOKUP() | Leave a reply

Excel Data Shaping Fundamentals Index/Match – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on May 30, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 30, 2025

One of the most powerful Excel function tools is the INDEX/MATCH() combination.  It can be set to find specific character strings and deliver the cell contents at the intersection of the row and column string matches. This is the third … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, policy, science, What the Function | Tagged $ sign anchors, Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), Consumer Price Index (CPI), cut and paste, date autofill, Excel data shaping fundamentals, index, INDEX/MATCH(), LEFT(), MATCH(), numeric dates, RIGHT(), shaping data, text dates, VLOOKUP(), what the function, YOUTUBE companion video | Leave a reply

Excel Data Shaping Fundamentals Cut and Paste – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on May 27, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 27, 2025

When cleaning data files in Excel, one never moves away from manually pushing data around.  Manually entering data by hand, sorting, and/or dragging and dropping in a new location; they all take time.  But for small amounts of data, a … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, policy, science, What the Function | Tagged Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), Consumer Price Index (CPI), data validation, drag green square in highlighted range, drop and drag, Excel data shaping fundamentals cut and paste, fill dates, first 3 consecutive values, INDEX/MATCH(), insert sheet, paste special, short cuts work until they don’t, small datasets, transpose, what the function | Leave a reply

Excel Data Shaping Fundamentals File Prep – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on May 22, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 26, 2025

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 →

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Home Solar Array Offsets Two-Thirds of 2024 Power Consumption-Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on May 16, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 16, 2025

After all is said and done, this residential solar array in the non-winter months offset 67 percent of home power production.  This chart is monthly solar production and household consumption in kilowatt hours (kWh).  While it required both the solar … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned from 18,000 Points of Light – Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on May 13, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 13, 2025

The joy of finding a new dataset to explore enflamed my modeling focus more than was justified.  IT WAS GREAT TO BE LOOKING FOR STORIES IN A BRAND NEW DATASET! Challenge #1:  Monthly data from the power utility was too … Continue reading →

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