Mark Imerman

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President of Regional Strategic, Ltd. A regional economist specializing in economic…

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  • Responses to COVID-19

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    A series of responses to the COVID-19 environment. This includes short critiques of state (Iowa) and federal actions/policies, an initial presentation of business planning insights, and demographic/economic analyses of mitigation/vaccination effectiveness and reactive behavior. Much of the data analysis depended upon Iowa incidence data that was largely rendered unusable by policy decisions by mid-2021.

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  • Analysis of Temporary Worker Visas (H visas)

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    Pilot work on deciphering H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) visas for Iowa in 2019. Work parses visa application data by occupational and industrial classifications, work location, dates of work, and compensation to get a picture of the labor flows resulting from the visa stream. Regional Strategic, Ltd. intends to extend this work to H-2B visas and geographies beyond Iowa as time and resources allow.

  • Estimating and Capturing the Value of Iowa Livestock Excrement

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    Iowa livestock production generates 156 Billion pounds of excrement per year. This includes 1.25 Billion pounds of nitrogen (N), 475 Million pounds of phosphorus (P), and 725 Million pounds of potassium (K). This excrement could also produce 5-10 Billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents through the bio digestion of volatile solids.

    We generally don't efficiently utilize these resources because manure smells awful. That smell, however, is the result of valuable compounds volatizing…

    Iowa livestock production generates 156 Billion pounds of excrement per year. This includes 1.25 Billion pounds of nitrogen (N), 475 Million pounds of phosphorus (P), and 725 Million pounds of potassium (K). This excrement could also produce 5-10 Billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents through the bio digestion of volatile solids.

    We generally don't efficiently utilize these resources because manure smells awful. That smell, however, is the result of valuable compounds volatizing and wafting away on the breeze. We could reduce the smell, increase the value, and improve Iowa's economy by effectively regulating and processing these resources. That awful smell may be one of the largest pieces of low-hanging fruit on Iowa's economic development tree.

    This link leads to four research pieces. Three estimate county-by-county livestock excrement production for poultry, pork, and cattle in Iowa. The fourth estimates the potential value of this excrement if it was properly regulated and processed. https://app.box.com/s/48cv7iy5lxv1jap9aftf0x56rh2rtyx3

    We are currently looking at the potential for utilizing federal economic and pandemic assistance funding to develop the necessary infrastructure needed to more effectively utilize these resources.

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  • The Algae Cabal

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    Work with scientists at the Smithsonian Institute and Auburn University, along with experts in 3-D printing and dynamic systems modelling, to document, analyze and promote the algal turf scrubber technology invented by Dr. Walter Adey of the Smithsonian Institute. This technology, discovered in the 1970s, holds the promise of revolutionizing agriculture, water purification and energy production from algae as a ubiquitous farming practice around the world.

    Assist in developing business…

    Work with scientists at the Smithsonian Institute and Auburn University, along with experts in 3-D printing and dynamic systems modelling, to document, analyze and promote the algal turf scrubber technology invented by Dr. Walter Adey of the Smithsonian Institute. This technology, discovered in the 1970s, holds the promise of revolutionizing agriculture, water purification and energy production from algae as a ubiquitous farming practice around the world.

    Assist in developing business cases and grant applications to establish ATS units in the United States and Canada for research and commercialization. Building a dynamic systems model of ATS units and writing reference materials to provide early adopters of the technology with business planning models and conceptual frameworks to see how the technology could be both profitable and a responsible response to the crisis in water quality in a warming world.

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  • Economic Impact Modeling: The Economic Importance of Agri-food Industries In Iowa

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    Supervised the first comprehensive statewide interindustry economic impact study of Iowa agriculture. Work included industry and sector definition, a review of federal and state statistics, and input-output modelling. The work included a statewide report (linked) and individual reports for each of the state's 99 counties. County reports were generated from a database that inserted data items, tables, and data-determined text into the individual reports. Statewide and county-level reports are…

    Supervised the first comprehensive statewide interindustry economic impact study of Iowa agriculture. Work included industry and sector definition, a review of federal and state statistics, and input-output modelling. The work included a statewide report (linked) and individual reports for each of the state's 99 counties. County reports were generated from a database that inserted data items, tables, and data-determined text into the individual reports. Statewide and county-level reports are available at https://app.box.com/s/kakdq9dg1vs06x41r4ylmfov5hks67up

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  • The Iowa Cybernetics Institute

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    Develop dynamic systems models invented by Jay Forrester in the 1960s to model the economic, technical and social systems in play in the state of Iowa. Use these models to evaluate the political and business challenges of the state in the face of economic change and global climate change.

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