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Discovering Manure Value When Markets and CAFO Regulations Both Fail

Biomass Rules Posted on February 17, 2025 by Mark JennerFebruary 17, 2025

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 →

Posted in definition, economics, farm, policy, production, science | Tagged CAFO regulations failure, CAFO rule, Clean Water Act, discovering manure value, discovering manure value when markets and CAFO regulations both fail, externalities, industry adjustments, livestock, manure, manure nitrogen, manure phosphorus, manure science, market failure, water quality | Leave a reply

Byproduct Price Discovery in the Absence of Demand – Real Adventures in Economics

Biomass Rules Posted on January 20, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 20, 2025

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 →

Posted in definition, economics, Real Adventures in Economics, science, wealth creation | Tagged absence of demand, biofuels, byproduct, byproduct price discovery in the absence of demand real adventures in economics, cost, disposal, economically efficient, eggs, emission, infrastructure, manure, price discovery, product, real adventures in economics, recycled paper, revenue, used vegetable oil, waste, wheat straw | Leave a reply

An Inventory of Cellular Transformation on Today’s US Farms

Biomass Rules Posted on January 15, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 15, 2025

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 →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, farm, macro, policy, science, wealth creation | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, 2023 Census of Aquaculture, an inventory of cellular laboratories on today's US farms, cellular agriculture, cellular laboratories, cellular regeneration, complement, dairy, digester, haylage, Inventory, manure, meat, organic soil buffer, rumen, silage, substitute, substitute protein, US EPA AgSTAR farm digester database, US farms | Leave a reply

BioTown, USA – Sourcing Local Biomass Energy Feedstocks

Biomass Rules Posted on September 19, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 19, 2024

Twenty years ago the State of Indiana asked question, “Does a rural community produce sufficient organic wastes to provide energy for the community?”  Fortuitously, Indiana’s BioTown, USA project invited Biomass Rules, LLC to help answer the question.  Today’s table summarizes … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, production, science | Tagged anaerobic digester, BioTown, BioTown USA, brown grease, corn stalks, feedstocks, Indiana, manure, municipal solid waste (MSW), natural gas, power, Reynolds, septage, sewage, sourcing local biomass energy, transportation fuel, USA sourcing local biomass energy feedstocks, wastes to energy, White County, yellow grease | Leave a reply

Technology and Hog Manure Utilization

Biomass Rules Posted on June 26, 2024 by Mark JennerJune 26, 2024

The most successful manure producers are also the most creative manure users.  Or at least they are creative in facilitating the use of manure by others.  Being awesome is a lot of work. Recall that technology is defined as y=f(x). … Continue reading →

Posted in policy, production, science | Tagged Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), hog, management, manure, politics, processing, rule, Technology, technology and hog manure utilization, tool, transformation, treatment, US EPA, utilization | Leave a reply

Manure is NOT a 4-Letter Word

Biomass Rules Posted on June 7, 2024 by Mark JennerJune 7, 2024

Manure doesn’t have to be a liability or associated with a 4-letter expletive.  Cultural shifts begin with the seminal definition of the issue in question.  If the initial definition is negative, options are bound by the limits of the definition.  … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, policy, science | Tagged bedding, biased definition, compost, cultural choice, definitive, feces and urine, limited options, manure, manure is not a 4-letter word, not a 4-letter word, policy, power, science, unused corn and soybeans | Leave a reply

Local, the Uneasy Substitute to Global

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

As a quantitatively trained, free-market economist, I had been shaped to believe buying ‘local’ was a preference that was not cost-effective. But as I grew into a manure visionary and biomass systems economist, bulky and wet materials of limited value … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, Biomass Rules, science | Tagged bioenergy, bulky, change, competitor, export, externality, global, import, livestock, local, local food, local the uneasy substitute to global, low-value, manure, opportunity cost, supply chain, systems, uneasy substitute, Word Bank | Leave a reply

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