Patrick Westhoff, University of Missouri
More Farmers Declare Bankruptcy Despite Record Levels of Federal Aid
By: The Wall Street Journal - August 6, 2020
More U.S. farmers are filing for bankruptcy, as federal payments projected to reach record levels this year fall short of compensating for the coronavirus pandemic and a yearslong slump in the agricultural economy.
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Read more on: The Wall Street Journal
Parke Wilde, Tufts University
Is It Really 'Whole Grain'? Food Labels Often Misleading
By: U.S. News & World Report - August 10, 2020
Terms like "multigrain," "contains whole grains," "honey wheat" and "12-grain" can be used to hawk breads, cereals and crackers as healthier options even if the product mostly contains refined flour, explained lead researcher Parke Wilde, a professor at Tufts University's School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston.
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Read more on: U.S. News & World Report
John Anderson, University of Arkansas
Service sector positions fuel job growth in Arkansas
By: Talk Business & Politics - August 11, 2020
“In July, employment continued to recover from the mass layoffs precipitated by the widespread COVID-induced shutdowns that began in March and extended into May in most states,” Anderson said. “This is the third consecutive month of historically strong job growth.”
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Read more on: Talk Business & Politics
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
The CDC Needs to Be Independent Like the Federal Reserve
By: The Globe Post - August 3, 2020
The 74-year old Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is widely considered to be the world’s premier public health agency. Its illustrious reputation notwithstanding, the CDC made mistakes early in testing, and it also failed to provide accurate counts of the numbers of infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus.
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Read more on: The Globe Post
Paul Goeringer, University of Maryland
Dicamba’s Future Under New Pressure
By: Farm Journal's AgPro - July 29, 2020
“It’s going to be harder, and it might require going back and performing additional testing,” says Paul Goeringer, University of Maryland Extension legal specialist. “They might have to do this testing to prove they can meet Ninth Circuit requirements.”
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Read more on: Farm Journal's AgPro
Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Time for Food Resilience
By: City Journal - August 7, 2020
Shuttered restaurants, farm surpluses, and empty grocery shelves put a national spotlight on the Covid 19-related pressure points in the U.S. food system. The re-envisioning of that system has already begun, with mounting calls for localization and a greater emphasis on smaller, geographically distributed farms and food-processing plants. A more resilient food system will require greater innovations than these, however.
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Read more on: City Journal
Joseph Glauber, IFPRI
- Conference will focus on effect of virus on ag economy
By: Financial Times - August 4, 2020 - U.S. causing ‘trying times’ for trade
By: Glacier Farm Media - July 28, 2020 - A few farmers get huge USDA relief payments while many struggle for pennies
By: The Counter - July 30, 2020 - Farm and Food: Twenty-four miles of bad spending, bad policy, bad ideas
By: Lincoln Journal Star - August 1, 2020
Johan Swinnen, IFPRI
Rob Vos, IFPRI
William Martin, IFPRI
- Economic and Food Supply Chain Disruptions Endanger Global Food Security
By: Before It's News, Eurasia Review, One News Page, Medical News, Food Online, Baidu, New Food Magazine, & QQ.com - July 30, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic threatens global food security
By: Ecoticias, La Flecha, Hipertextual, Noticias de Gipuzkoa, & Technoxplor - August 4, 2020 - Pandemic threatens food supplies
By: Tagesspiegel - August 2, 2020
Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Popular Pesticides Are Killing Birds, Too
By: Gizmodo & VIPortal - August 10, 2020
“Much of the attention to regulating [neonicotinoids] has been driven by concerns about their effects on bees and butterflies that feed directly on the pollen and nectar of plants,” Madhu Khanna, a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said. “Our study shows that these pesticides also affect other organisms like birds that may directly consume the neoniccoated seeds or other organisms that have fed on these seeds/pesticides. Policy makers need to consider these effects in designing regulations so that neonic use is reduced particularly near bird habitats.”
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Read more on: Gizmodo & VIPortal
Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University
Cheryl DeVuyst, Oklahoma State University
OSU survey: Oklahoma cow-calf, feedlot operators, vets needed
By: Southwest Farm Press & eFeedLink - August 11, 2020
“We are integrating information from producers, veterinarians and feedlot operators to get the full picture, which will be helpful information for our beef producers across the state,” said Courtney Bir, OSU Extension agricultural economist and research team member.
“Such research not only strengthens affected individuals and industries and the overall state economy, it also helps us train the next generation of researchers who will be so vital in helping people solve issues and concerns of importance to them, their families and their communities,” DeVuyst said. “We have a saying in the division: We measure our successes by how we help others to succeed.”
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Read more on: Southwest Farm Press & eFeedLink
Gregory Astill, USDA-Economic Research Service
Suzanne Thornsbury, USDA-Office of the Chief Scientist
Bringing Technology to Specialty Crops
By: Market Screener & VSC News - August 6, 2020
Advances in technology, automation, and remote sensing is a cross-cutting, macro movement in science impacting agriculture outlined in the USDA Science Blueprint (PDF, 2.6 MB). The Science Blueprint guides USDA's science priorities for the next 5 years, building from past success. Relative to other crops, many specialty crops are more dependent on agricultural labor for production, harvesting, and processing. This is part of a blog series that highlights research investments to advance automation and mechanization for specialty crops.
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Read more on: Market Screener & VSC News
T. Randall Fortenbery, Washington State University
Wheat prices likely to remain flat
By: Capital Press - August 11, 2020
The U.S. dollar is down 10% since March, and is at one of the lowest levels it's been in the last five to six years, said Randy Fortenbery, small grains economist at Washington State University.
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Read more on: Capital Press
Cory Walters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Preparing yourself for corn under $3 per bushel
By: Morning Ag Clips - August 12, 2020
The market rally following the June 30 USDA Acreage report has come and gone. So, now what? This article will discuss the price probabilities for the last half of 2020 and how to prepare for farm survival.
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Read more on: Morning Ag Clips
Paul Mitchell, University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Producers Spent Slightly More To Farm In 2019
By: Wisconsin Public Radio - August 5, 2020
Paul Mitchell, director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said hay stocks were at a record low in 2019, so dairy producers likely had to spend more to maintain their cows' milk production levels.
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Read more on: Wisconsin Public Radio
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin
Fewer Wisconsin Farms Filed For Bankruptcy During the Height Of The Pandemic
By: Wisconsin Public Radio - August 10, 2020
"If (the pandemic) had hit two years ago, I think we would see a lot higher farm bankruptcy rates. But we did have a short period of recovery, taking some of the pressure off of farms," Deller said.
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Read more on: Wisconsin Public Radio
Mykel Taylor, Kansas State University
Kansas farmland goes down in price
By: Leavenworth Times - August 7, 2020
In a report produced by Mykel Taylor, an agricultural economics professor at Kansas State University, aside from Sedgwick County and the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the least expensive nonirrigated land in Kansas is in the southwestern counties, with higher-priced land in the far eastern and north central part of the state. These prices range from just under $1,000 per acre in the southwest to about $3,500 per acre in the far eastern part of Kansas.
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Read more on: Leavenworth Times
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Elena Irwin, The Ohio State University
Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University
Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
Plenary Speakers Headlining the 2020 AAEA Virtual Meeting
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AAEA decided to cancel the in-person 2020 AAEA Annual Meeting, and will be hosting all sessions virtually. All Plenary Sessions will be presented live, and then along with all other sessions, will be available online and on-demand for up to 1 year.
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