Members in the News: Schnitkey, Zulauf, Kumar, Malone, Griffin, Vandeveer, Glauber, Zhang, and Pendell

Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lessons learned in 2019: Late, prevent planting options By: AgriNews - January 3, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois agricultural economist and farm management specialist, said at the Illinois Farm Economics Summit that prevent plant would have yielded higher returns than planting corn in many situations in Illinois. (Continued...) Read more on: AgriNews Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University Farm subsidies favor South, irking other regions By: AgriNews - January 3, 2020 "I think that's a really important policy question that we as policy analysts and policymakers need to grapple with," Zulauf said. "When you sum the programs together, were farmers overcompensated for losses due to natural disasters?" (Continued...) Read more on: AgriNews Anjani Kumar, IFPRI Biofortification: A plausible antidote to hidden hunger By: Financial Express - December 21, 2019 A dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a stir in the country. The continued focus on calories, and the ignorance of nutritional aspects of food are responsible for the distressed state of the food and nutrition system in our country. The present ranking is an outcome, and a true reflection, of the same. A few in the government appear to be shocked and have even questioned the methodology. Why is India, even after 72 years of independence, struggling at the bottom of the GHI rankings? It is high time that we look deeper into the issue and find a plausible solution to the dire straits we are in.. (Continued...) Read more on: Financial Express Trey Malone, Michigan State University Meet the Innovators Who Want to Kill the Chicken Nugget By: One Zero - January 8, 2020 2020 economic growth expected for Michigan By: WKAR - January 8, 2020 Terry Griffin, Kansas State University What motivates farmers to upgrade their tech? By: The Western Producer - January 9, 2020 Unravelling that mystery revealed much to Kansas State University agricultural economist Terry Griffin about the complexities of technology adoption on today’s farms. “What’s the value for technology that reduces stress for the rural household?” said Griffin, highlighting the prime benefit of auto steering for many farmers. (Continued...) Read more on: The Western Producer Monte Vandeveer, Kansas State University Alfalfa U Speakers By: High Plains Journal - January 6, 2020 Monte Vandeveer joined the Kansas State University Extension Farm Management team in February 2016 as the Southwest Area Extension Agricultural Economist, based in Garden City, Kansas. He grew up on a farm in south-central Kansas with wheat, hay, and cow-calf enterprises. Vandeveer received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. in Ag Economics from Purdue University. (Continued...) Read more on: High Plains Journal Joseph Glauber, IFPRI Farmers Got Billions From Taxpayers In 2019, And Hardly Anyone Objected By: WOUB - January 2, 2020 The announcement aroused little controversy. “I was surprised that it didn’t attract more attention,” says Joe Glauber, the USDA’s former chief economist, who’s now a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. (Continued...) Read more on: WOUB Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University Iowa farmland value grows 2.3 percent in 2019, but barely exceeds inflation By: The Mapleton Press - January 9, 2020 “This recent modest increase in land values reflects a lower interest rate environment and slowly improving U.S. farm income. However, we are still faced with significant uncertainty, especially the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, which has significantly affected U.S. agricultural exports, especially soybean exports, and lead to lower commodity prices and weaker farm income,” Zhang said. (Continued...) Read more on: The Mapleton Press Dustin Pendell, Kansas State University UNL Beef Roundup Webinars January 21 and 28 By: KTIC - January 6, 2020 On Tuesday, January 28, experts from Kansas State University and UNL’s Great Plains Veterinary Education Center (GPVEC) will speak. Dustin Pendell, agricultural economics professor at Kansas State University, will discuss drivers of cow-calf profitability. Pendell’s interdisciplinary research interests include livestock and animal health issues that span from the producer through the meat supply chain to the final consumer. (Continued...) Read more on: KTIC

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