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Joseph Glauber, IFPRI Joseph Janze, Kansas State University Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University Sandro Steinbach, University of Connecticut Colin A. Carter, University of California, Davis Farmers Get Billions in Virus Aid, and Democrats Are Wary By: The New York Times & The Baltimore Sun - June 9, 2020 Months before an election in which some farm states are major battlegrounds, Democrats and other critics of the administration’s agriculture policies are expressing concern that the new subsidies, provided by Congress with bipartisan backing, could be doled out to ensure President Donald Trump continues to win the backing of one of his key voting blocs. (Continued...) Read more on: The New York Times & The Baltimore Sun Joe Parcell, University of Missouri The meat industry could face losses of $20 billion in 2020 By: CNBC - June 9, 2020 ″Is this a once in a century event? Should we respond accordingly? Or is this something that we need to adapt to going forward? If we think it’s going to be with us then yes, it’s a pretty fragile supply chain, mainly because we’ve focused on giving consumers what they want, high-quality food at the cheapest price possible,” said Joe Parcell, director of applied social sciences and professor of agribusiness management at the University of Missouri. (Continued...) Read more on: CNBC Joseph Glauber, IFPRI Trump Bet on 2020 China Farm Bonanza Teeters on Edge of Collapse By: BloombergQuint - June 8, 2020 Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: What's It Mean For Agriculture? By: Successful Farming - June 3, 2020 Beef Prices Soar, Food Inflation is Highest in More Than Eight Years By: Successful Farming - June 11, 2020 Escalating trade tensions with China threaten to weaken US stock rally By: S&P Global - June 5, 2020 Jayson Lusk, Purdue University Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University U.S. Meat Giants Face Biggest Attack in Century From Trump Probe By: BNN Bloomberg - June 15, 2020 Still, margins don’t tell the whole story, said Jayson Lusk, head of the department of agricultural economics at Purdue University. They are a simple calculation of the spread between animal costs and meat prices and don’t necessarily reflect actual company profits. The flip-side of consolidation in the market is larger, more efficient facilities that operate with lower costs, which in turn means cheaper prices for consumers, said Glynn Tonsor, a professor in the department of agricultural economics at Kansas State University. (Continued...) Read more on: BNN Bloomberg Norbert Wilson, Tufts University Video: What is food insecurity? By: Phys.org - April 10, 2020 (Continued...) Read more on: Phys.org Ruiqing Miao, Auburn University Survey Endorses Local Branding for Alabama Specialty Crops By: Growing America - July 1, 2019 “The idea behind the initial proposal for the project was to seek ways and define barriers for establishing and promoting original branding for Alabama products,” Miao said. “Unlike some of our neighboring states, Alabama doesn’t have many original brands for specialty crops, even though we have very good products like sweet potatoes and Chilton County peaches.” (Continued...) Read more on: Growing America Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee Trade war losses create need for new U.S. export markets By: Delta Farm Press - November 26, 2019 "China has been our largest soybean export customer. Soybeans and other U.S. commodities have been diverted to other countries, but soybeans have taken the brunt of the trade war pain," Muhammad says. "China has gone from being the United States' second leading market with purchases comparable to Canada to our sixth leading market with purchases comparable to South Korea." (Continued...) Read more on: Delta Farm Press Johan Swinnen, IFPRI A Top Economist Explains Why Pandemic Leads to Hunger, and the Food Systems Change That Could Prevent it From Happening Again. By: World Food Program USA - June 11, 2020 India Inc warns of social issues if growth does not revive soon By: Business Standard - June 3, 2020 Take effective measures to deal with the global increase in poverty and hunger By: Sohu, China Economic Net, 10JQKA, & East Day - June 4, 2020 Covid-19 threatens regional food security By: The Herald - June 5, 2020 David Ortega, Michigan State University Beef prices up 10% just in time for summer grilling By: Detroit Free Press - June 15, 2020 Could China's strategic pork reserve be a model for the US? By: The Conservation - June 12, 2020 Holly Wang, Purdue University Agricultural Economics Professor on COVID-19's impact on food security By: YouTube - June 12, 2020 (Continued...) Read more on: YouTube Chad Hart, Iowa State University Joseph Glauber, IFPRI Examining Biden’s Farm Bankruptcy Claim By: Fact Check - June 2, 2020 The impact from the downturn will be more acutely felt once harvesting begins in late summer and farmers are unable to turn a profit on grain sales, said Frayne Olson, an agricultural economist at North Dakota State University. (Continued...) Read more on: Fact Check Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts Amherst Marco Costanigro, Colorado State University Jayson Lusk, Purdue University Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont GM food labels do not act as a warning to consumers By: Australian News Daily Bulletin - July 30 There is an economic and political battle taking place in America over the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. In 2015, 19 US states considered GM food labeling legislation and three States, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont have passed mandatory GM labeling laws. (Continued...) Read more on: Australian News Daily Bulletin Anjani Kumar, IFPRI Post-Covid agri reforms: Odisha could be frontrunner By: The Pioneer - June 6, 2020 Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too By: The Print - May 23, 2020 DBT proves an efficient channel in disbursing Covid relief By: The Hindu Business Line - June 10, 2020 PM-KISAN and the Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies By: Economic & Political Weekly - June 6, 2020 Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dwight Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Study warns against long-term commodity investments By: The Western Producer - June 18, 2020 Irwin and Sanders concluded that buying and holding long commodity futures didn’t earn money over the long run. Their 2020 update goes further: holding passive long commodity positions actually loses money in the long term because there are transactional and financing costs to futures positions. (Continued...) Read more on: The Western Producer Aaron Staples, Michigan State University How climate change and COVID-19 are threatening your beloved IPA By: Greater Greater Washington - June 9, 2020 Aaron Staples, an academic researcher based at Michigan State University, has been studying how consumer decisions drive the way brewers make beer. In a soon-to-be-published study, Staples found that consumers were willing to pay more for beer that was brewed in a more environmentally conscious way. (Continued...) Read more on: Greater Greater Washington Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University What rebound? North Dakota in economic crunch as virus batters oil, agriculture By: Khaleej Times & KELO - June 14, 2020 The impact from the downturn will be more acutely felt once harvesting begins in late summer and farmers are unable to turn a profit on grain sales, said Frayne Olson, an agricultural economist at North Dakota State University. (Continued...) Read more on: Khaleej Times & KELO Andrew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Meat Industry Continues To Adapt To COVID-19 By: Wort News - June 16, 2020 Earlier today, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with University of Wisconsin researcher Andrew Stephens to discuss how the industry is continuing to cope as the country reopens. Stephens is an assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, and specializes in meat supply chains. (Continued...) Read more on: Wort News

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