Integrated Computing System for Developing a Commodity Status for Biomass

A method for providing an information technology platform for facilitating commercial transactions for biomass feedstocks and related goods and services, comprising:

• collecting, by at least one processing unit, a producer profile for each of a group of producers;
• collecting, by the at least one processing unit over at least one network, biomass data for the biomass associated with each of the group of producers via at least one mobile sensory device;
• determining, by the at least one processing unit, a representation of biomass specification data based at least in part on the biomass data;
• providing, by the at least one processing unit over the at least one network, to a group of buyers access to the representation of biomass specification data;
• and
• facilitating, by the at least one processing unit, a purchase of the biomass from one or more members of the group of producers by one or more members, of the group of buyers.

A method for matching parties to a transaction of a biomass feedstock, the method comprising:

• receiving a group of buyer criteria, wherein each of the group of buyer criteria is sent from a buyer computing device used by one of a group of buyers of the biomass feedstock, wherein each of the group of buyer criteria comprises at least one of a purchase volume, buyer specification, a buyer price, and a delivery location at which the biomass feedstock shall be received;
• receiving seller criteria for the biomass feedstock sent from a seller computing device and at least one mobile sensory device structured and disposed for collecting biomass data for the biomass feedstock, wherein the seller criteria comprises a sales volume of biomass from an area of production used to produce the biomass feedstock, proposed pricing, a location or group of locations at which to procure the biomass feedstock, and the biomass data as a representation of biomass specification data;
• matching, within a predetermined distance to a prospective buyer after receiving the group of buyer criteria, each of the group of buyers with the seller based on determining that the volume and representation of biomass specification data is sufficient to meet the purchase parameters and the transaction location at which to buy the biomass feedstock falls within the group of locations' pre-determined distance-to-market radii;
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• sending the group of buyer and seller criteria to the seller and buyer, respectively to indicate potential market activity.