Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas
“Wholesale Egg Prices Have Plummeted. Will Shoppers See the Savings?”
By: USA Today – February 13, 2026
“What has happened to the industry and egg prices is classic supply and demand. Last year, with a significant part of the U.S. egg supply affected by the bird flu during a time of seasonal demand, shoppers grew concerned and started overbuying eggs.”
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Shawn Arita, North
Dakota State University
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University
Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
“Farmers Squeezed By Trump Tariffs Press Lawmakers For Action”
By: The Hill – February 6, 2026
“Production costs have been very, very high. This is costs for fertilizers, costs for chemicals, for machinery products, for machinery inputs. All these key inputs have been elevated, the production costs, much of it, due to run up in inflation over the past few years.”
“The current administration’s range of tariffs, it’s exacerbated the original trade war that we had with China back in the first administration. I think it’s actually … hurting our soybean export market, in particular to China.”
“What we have been hit with is retaliatory tariffs on the other side. So, it’s tariffs on farm inputs and retaliatory tariffs by other countries against us.”
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Shawn Arita, North Dakota State University
- “In the
Year of Trump's Tariff, Farmers' Bankruptcy Filings Grow Nearly 50 Percent
in 2025 in the U.S”
By: MSN – February 12, 2026 - “How
Trump’s Economic Policies Deepened the Divide: The K-Shaped Recovery Hits
Rural America Hardest”
By: The Berkshire Ridge – February 12, 2026
Jiyeon Kim, North
Dakota State University
Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
“How 2025 IEEPA Tariffs Affected Agricultural Inputs and Production Costs”
By: Southern Ag Today – February 12, 2026
“In 2025, the President imposed a series of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), reshaping U.S. trade policy. These measures, ranging from fentanyl‑related tariffs in February to broad reciprocal tariffs implemented in April, generated an estimated $130 billion in revenue by early December with implications for multiple sectors, including agriculture.”
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Matthew Gammans, North Dakota State University
“Many Midwest Farmers Have Mixed Feelings About Upcoming USDA Payments”
By: MPR News – February 9, 2026
“That even though those areas may have been more disproportionately affected by trade disputes with China, they’ll receive the same payment rate as everyone else. So the losses for North Dakota soybean farmers can be really large, but they still get the same payment as the soybean farmer in Georgia or Iowa or anywhere else in the country.”
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Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, North
Carolina State University
Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
“How Immigrants Are Catalyzing A Rural Economic Melting Pot”
By: Forbes – February 16, 2026
“The U.S. has been home to at least 10 million undocumented visitors for more than a decade and so industries that employ such workers have become reliant on labor force that is now quite vulnerable.”
“While discussions on the role of immigration in America take shape, what is often missing is an interrogation of the immigrant's role in our 250-year-old vision of the U.S. The vision of the nation as a melting pot.”
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Steven Deller, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Paul Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Republicans Are Looking Past the Short-Term Pain of Trump’s Tariffs”
By: NOTUS – February 17, 2026
“We’re hemorrhaging thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars, and they’re giving us pennies. Frmers want “fair markets” and a “level playing field.”
“They don’t solve the long-run problem of higher input costs and low prices; they are a Band-Aid to get us through this short-term problem.”
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David Ortega, Michigan State University
“Trump’s Beef Trade Deal is a Lose-Lose Gamble That Won’t Lower Prices”
By: Grist – February 12, 2026
“Trade groups, lawmakers, and economists agree that the increased imports from Argentina are unlikely to lower the record-high beef prices in the U.S. That’s partly because Americans already consume so much beef.”
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Eric Belasco, Montana State University
“Beef Prices Soar as U.S. Cattle Herd Hits 75-Year Low, Experts Warn of Continued High Costs”
By: Yahoo Finance – February 14, 2026
“Consistent dry weather has decimated grasslands throughout the West and Plains regions. This has left ranchers grappling with insufficient feed and water resources to sustain their herds, compelling many to prematurely sell off cattle, including breeding cows critical for the production of future calves.”
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Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
“How Rain Could Affect California Almond Crop, Bees During Bloom Season”
By: NewBreak – February 12, 2026
“The almond is a crop that may hit $5 billion in revenue this year. And if you add the jobs connected to that, and the rest of the spreading of the economic output around, it'll be about 3 times that big to the economy.”
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Bulat Gafarov, University of California, Davis
“California Gas Prices Have Risen 40 Cents in the Last 14 Days”
By: New York Post – February 15, 2026
“By August 2026 — when the full impact of refinery closures is realized — California gas prices could climb by as much as $1.21 per gallon if no major market changes occur. In 2000, the California gas price was approximately $0.25 higher than the national average, but by 2025 the difference increased to $1.50.”
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Hope Michelson, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Kathy Baylis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Chungmann Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“The Leading Global Early Warning System For Food Insecurity Misses Millions in Crisis”
By: VoxDev – February 16, 2026
“The leading global early warning system for acute food insecurity systematically underestimates the scale of crisis-level hunger, missing around one in five people affected. As a result, global assessments significantly understate the scope of global humanitarian need, with serious consequences for the timing and adequacy of aid to vulnerable populations.”
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Vishal Dagar, Great Lakes Institute of Management
“Why Withdrawing EPF During a Job Switch Can Be a Costly Financial Mistake”
By: India Today – December 29, 2026
“The moment you resign from a job, life feels lighter. There’s excitement about what’s coming next, a sense of progress, maybe even a quiet relief. Somewhere between farewell lunches and updating your LinkedIn headline, another message arrives—your Provident Fund balance. For many, this is when a small thought grows louder: “Should I just withdraw it?” The amount suddenly looks useful, even tempting. It feels like money you earned and money you deserve.”
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