Members in the News: Hertel, Irwin, Bellemare, Zhang, Plastina, Hart, and Bovay

Thomas Hertel, Purdue University Carbon's economic damage costlier than thought based on current science By: Phys.org, Davis Enterprise, WFYI, WBOI - November 21, 2017 "The underlying studies date back to publications in the 1990s, but it really dates back to science from the 1980s," said Thomas Hertel, Purdue distinguished professor of agricultural economics, whose findings were published in Nature Communications. "It was optimistic on the benefits to agriculture from rising temperatures." "The underlying studies date back to publications in the 1990s, but it really dates back to science from the 1980s," said Thomas Hertel, Purdue distinguished professor of agricultural economics, whose findings were published in Nature Communications. "It was optimistic on the benefits to agriculture from rising temperatures." Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-carbon-economic-costlier-thought-based.html#jCp (Continued...) Read the entire press release on Phys.org, Davis Enterprise, WFYI, WBOI Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2017 Illinois Farm Economics Summit scheduled at 5 sites By: Northwest Herald and The Daily Chronicle- November 17, 2017 “Although very good crops in many parts of the state in 2016 helped incomes recover, the story of Illinois agriculture continued to be one of managing financial stress,” U of I agricultural economist Scott Irwin said. “The stress has been brought on by low corn, soybean and wheat prices, and costs of production that have adjusted somewhat slowly to the new price realities.” (Continued...) Read the entire article on Northwest Herald and The Daily Chronicle Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota Your Call: How to be a responsible avocado-eater By: KALW - November 28, 2017 There’s a global boom in demand for avocados. In the US, demand nearly doubled between 2010 and 2015.  But supply has gone down, and prices have gone up. The pressure of this market has driven deforestation and water shortages in avocado-growing areas like Michoacan state in Mexico. Guests: Marc Bellemare, associate professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy (Continued...) Read the entire article on KALW Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University Upgrading equipment for new technology By: Wallace's Farmer- November 24, 2017 Each month in Wallaces Farmer magazine, the Timely Tips panel answers questions sent by readers. Members of the Timely Tips panel are Alejandro Plastina and Wendong Zhang, Extension economists, Iowa State University; Leslie Miller, Iowa State Savings Bank, Knoxville; and Rob Stout, Master Farmer, Washington, Iowa. Following are the questions they are answering this month. (Continued...) Read the entire article on Wallace's Farmer Chad Hart, Iowa State University Analysis: Defending crop insurance, part 1 By: Farm Futures- November 24, 2017 “The way we’ve approached the federal farm safety net is we’ve always had crop insurance being one arm and the commodity title being another arm. But we never really sat down and had a comprehensive talk to merge the two together,” says Chad Hart, crop specialist and economist at Iowa State University. (Continued...) Read the entire article on Farm Futures John Bovay, University of Connecticut U.S.: FSMA ‘more like band-aid than cure-all’ for food-borne illnesses, says AAEA researcher By: Fresh Fruit Portal - November 28, 2017 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency in charge of the legislation, describes it as a way to “ensure U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.” However, John Bovay of the University of Connecticut said: “I would assess this more as a band-aid than a cure-all.” (Continued...) Read the entire article on Fresh Fruit Portal

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