Honey: link here --
- North Dakota leads the nation in honey production
- together with Montana and South Dakota, the three states produced nearly half of all US honey in 2019
- now, a commercial beekeeping supply business is taking advantage of that fact
- Commercial Bee Supply, Hettinger, ND, to set up business in southwest ND to serve customers in three of the top five honey-producing state in the country
- will serve customers in ND, SD, MT, WY,
- top US-honey-producing states (statista): ND, SD, CA, TX, MT.
Ethanol: in praise of corn ethanol. Doomberg.
Coal: of all electricity sources, coal-fired power saw the largest growth in 2021. Link here.
Staff shortages: restaurants cutting back on hours. Link to WSJ. I've never understood why some companies are so persistent in staying open during hours when there is so little activity. Chick-fil-A is a great example of taking it to the extreme: completely shut down on a day that would likely be their biggest day in sales. But at the other extreme, I see restaurants remaining open far longer than one would think reasonable. Customers will adjust. Covid will telescope 2020 - 2035 cultural changes into 2020 - 2025. Shorter restaurant hours will be one of those changes for many restaurants, although once things improve, they will go back to their wasteful habits.
