Members in the News: Barnaby, Ribera, Gundersen, Belton, Sheldon, Sumner, Hertel, Outlaw, Marchant, Tonsor, Hurt, Robinson, Grant, Wolf, and Williams

Art Barnaby, Kansas State University Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University US farmers in 'precarious position' with China as trade war fears escalate By: CNBC - April 7, 2018 "A trade war is not good for us," said Art Barnaby, an agricultural economics professor at Kansas State University. "There's a lot of uncertainty as to where this is going to end up." "Subsidies are just a patchwork and not sustainable," said Luis Ribera, an agricultural economist at Texas A&M University in College Station. "They usually disrupt markets and harm producers in the long run." (Continued...) Read more on: CNBC Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Here's why Moby's controversial plan for food stamps wouldn't work By: Yahoo Lifestyle - April 10, 2018 Moby’s plan is problematic, according to Craig Gundersen, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois. “The reason SNAP works so well is that it gives dignity and autonomy to families,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “The notion of the government telling people what to feed themselves is insulting and could cause SNAP participants to drop out of the program altogether.” (Continued...) Read more on: Yahoo Lifestyle Ben Belton, Michigan State University Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger Written by Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Busch: The Conversation - March 8, 2018 Over the past three decades, the global aquaculture industry has risen from obscurity to become a critical source of food for millions of people. In 1990, only 13 percent of world seafood consumption was farmed; by 2014, aquaculture was providing more than half of the fish consumed directly by human beings. (Continued...) Read more on: The Conversation Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University Daniel Sumner, University of California at Davis Impact on Farmers From Trade Tariff Threats Between the U.S. and China By: AEDE, The Ohio State University - April 11, 2018 AEDE Professor Ian Sheldon joins Daniel Sumner from the University of California at Davis and David Swenson from Iowa State University on the Knowledge@Wharton radio program to discuss trade battles over trade deficit and the impact on farmers. Originally aired on Sirius XM Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School Listen to the interview on: AEDE, The Ohio State University Thomas Hertel, Purdue University Purdue Listed As Source Recommending Steel Tariff, Researcher Pushes Back By: WBAA - April 6, 2018 A U.S. Department of Commerce document lists Purdue University research as a source for recommending a 24 percent tariff on imported steel. When Purdue agricultural economics professor Thomas Hertel first saw the Trump Administration’s math, he had to check for himself. “We quickly re-ran that experiment here and we get the same outcome,” says Hertel. (Continued...) Read more on: WBAA Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University 2017 peanut year praised as 'really good;' growers concerned about future By: Southwest Farm Press - April 9, 2018 In response to peanut growers’ concerns about base acres, Outlaw explained that to pay for the seed cotton program the generic acres had to be taken out and reallocated to cotton or whatever a grower planted over the 2009 to 2012 period. (Continued...) Read more on: Southwest Farm Press Mary Marchant, Virginia Tech Ag groups urge reasoned trade approach from Trump administration By: Delta Farm Press - April 4, 2018 Virginia Tech professor of agricultural and applied economics Mary Marchant says the back and forth between Trump and China could lead to a trade war that will hurt both countries. Marchant has focused her research efforts on Chinese markets for over a decade. (Continued...) Read more on: Delta Farm Press Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University Drought, tariffs challenge Kansas agriculture industry By: The Topeka Capital-Journal - April 7, 2018 Glynn Tonsor is a professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University who tracks the beef industry. Domestic and export demand for meat has been strong, which he said has “bailed out” the industry. “Meat prices are higher than we expected, which is good for livestock producers, but I’m purposefully emphasizing both domestic and foreign demand,” he said. (Continued...) Read more on: The Topeka Capital-Journal Christopher Hurt, Purdue University U.S, China trade tariffs could challenge local farmers By: The Herald - April 9, 2018 According to a study by Purdue University professor of agricultural economics Chris Hurt, that shift in the global market could drop U.S. pork prices up to 4.4 percent. While the price drop would help pork farmers sell more domestically and in other countries, Hurt’s study didn’t expect the increased sales to fill the gap left by China. (Continued...) Read more on: The Herald, AgWeb John R.C. Robinson, Texas A&M University Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University More tariff threats cast shadow on agricultural products By: Waco Tribune-Herald - April 7, 2018 Chinese tariffs on grain crops or cotton would create a “reshuffling,” but not necessarily devastate farmers over the long haul, said John R.C. Robinson, an agricultural economics professor at Texas A&M University. Trade disruption of any duration with China could negatively impact U.S. farmers and ranchers who ship $135 billion in product worldwide annually, said Luis Ribera, a Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service economist, whose specialties include risk analysis. (Continued...) Read more on: Waco Tribune-Herald Jason Grant, Virginia Tech VT professor explains what tariffs mean for you By: WSET - April 4, 2018 How will America respond? That's something economists are waiting to find out. "That's the million dollar question. That's the real worry in this. If we go into a full scale trade war. And nobody wins then. Farmers lose consumers lose.," said Virginia Tech associate professor Jason Grant. (Continued...) Read more on: WSET Christopher Wolf, Michigan State University Milk is crazy cheap right now, and dairy farmers are suffering for it By: Michigan Radio - Match 15, 2018 Christopher Wolf, a professor of agricultural, food and resource economics at Michigan State University, joined Stateside to explain the issue to us. Listen to learn about the scale of the problem, the implications these low prices have in the milk industry, and what's being done about it for farmers. (Continued...) Listen to the interview on: Michigan Radio Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University Trade war with China could stunt Texas agriculture and economy By: Cleburne Times-Review - April 10, 2018 Texas produces 46 percent — nearly $450 million annually — of  the nation’s cotton exports to China, according to Luis Ribera, an associate professor and extension economist at Texas A&M University’s agricultural economics department. (Continued...) Read more on: Cleburne Times-Review, Corsicana Daily Sun Brian Williams, Mississippi State University Farmers in Mississippi could suffer from proposed tariffs By: Mississippi Public Broadcasting - April 9, 2018 MSU's Brian Williams says, talks about tariffs can risk the nation's relationship with China. "Because we've got some other countries around the world that would be more than happy to step in and take the U.S. place in exporting soybeans to China: two of them being Brazil and Argentina," said Williams. (Continued...) 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