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Farm Digesters are Busting Out All Over

Biomass Rules Posted on October 27, 2025 by Mark JennerOctober 27, 2025

This fun map from EPA, AgStar farm digester website gives a striking visual of the distribution of US farm digesters.  The largest digesters are fewer than ten years old. This dataset was last updated in 2024.  At that time there … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, education, farm, firm, macro, Making $ense of Energy, policy, Renewable Fuel, science, wealth creation | Tagged AgStar, biogenic methane, EPA, farm anaerobic digesters, farm digesters are busting out all over, fossil natural gas, heat, manure, methane, renewable natural gas RNG | Leave a reply

Just a Kid in a ‘Biogenic Methane’ Candy Store

Biomass Rules Posted on October 20, 2025 by Mark JennerOctober 20, 2025

While at visiting Simpson University’s Operation Management’s class last week, I received a welcomed education!  The day I was visiting Simpson University’s Business Department, so was MAAS Energy Works.  Wow!  Such a happy convergence. Twenty years ago, through Biomass Rules, … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, education, farm, firm, macro, Making $ense of Energy, policy, Renewable Fuel, science, wealth creation | Tagged American Biogas Council (ABC), BioCycle, biogas pipeline, biogenic methane, BioTown, Business of Biogas 2025, California Biomass Collaborative, farm anaerobic digesters, fossil natural gas, heat, injection facilities, Just a Kid in a Biogenic Methane Candy Store, MAAS Energy Works, manure, methane, renewable natural gas RNG, renewable power, Simpson University, UC-Davis | Leave a reply

Great Visuals on Biogas State Production Potential from ABC

Biomass Rules Posted on June 30, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 30, 2025

The American Biogas Council (ABC) had made available current and potential capacity of local state-level biogases, also known as, biogenic methane and other gases produced from ambient organic feedstocks.  The ABC has been in action for less than two decades, … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, education, firm, macro, policy, production, science | Tagged agricultural, American Biogas Council, biogas, biogas conversion capacity, biogenic methane, externality, food waste, great visuals on biogas state production potential from ABC, heat, internalized, landfill, market magic, natural gas, power, pulled into the economy, renewable natural gas RNG, state-level, transportation fuel, wastewater | 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

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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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