Jayson Lusk, Purdue University As Coronavirus Hog Backlog Shrinks, Farmers Should See Higher Prices By: Successful Farming - October 19, 2020 Hog farmers struggled with a coronavirus-caused backlog of market-ready hogs that peaked at 3.5 million head at the end of May, forcing them to cull some and slow weight gain on others. The backlog remains large, but Purdue economist Jayson Lusk says farmers may see “possibly elevated hog prices” by the end of the year as the hog supply shrinks. (Continued...) Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology China makes it incredibly hard for foreign businesses to operate - but they stay because the money is just too good By: The Conversation - October 19, 2020 Doing business in China can be a difficult and contentious proposition for companies in many countries. Yet even with charges of intellectual property theft, forced partnerships and tight restrictions on doing business, China continues to attract foreign capital. Why do businesses want to invest in China when there are so many other “business-friendly” countries and financial markets that support foreign investment? (Continued...) Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University
John Anderson, University of Arkansas Broiler market slow to rebound in wake of COVID-19 By: Talk Business & Politics & Feedstuffs - October 20, 2020 Arkansas is one of the top broiler producers in the country, and the sector has been badly battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The poultry industry as a whole is making modest gains, but recovery into 2021 may be its slowest in nearly a decade. Economist John Anderson noted there were more complex factors at play than simple supply and demand. (Continued...) Ruiqing Miao, Auburn University Study links neonicotinoids to bird declines By: Farm Progress - October 21, 2020 “There have long been concerns that the use of neonicotinoids—a group of synthetic insecticides that have gained popularity in seed coating, foliage spray and soil drenches in agricultural and residential areas in the past 25 years—may harm non-targeted species such as pollinators, birds and mammals, including perhaps even humans,” said Ruiqing Miao, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. (Continued...) Thomas Reardon, Michigan State University Global food prices rise as countries stockpile amid worsening pandemic By: Marketplace - October 16, 2020 Still, bottlenecks have turned up in developing countries. In South Africa, workers were banned from traveling to a packing plant for citrus, said Thomas Reardon, agricultural economist at Michigan State University. (Continued...) Keri Jacobs, Iowa State University Iowa State investigating ag supply chain resiliency By: Feedstuffs - September 25, 2020 A new grant will allow Iowa State University researchers to study how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the U.S. food supply chain, with the goal of finding short- and long-term solutions to increase resiliency against future disruptions. (Continued...) Julian Alston, University of California, Davis Report Finds 10 to 1 Return on Investment in International Agricultural Research By: Wine Industry Advisor - October 15, 2020 Society gains $10 in benefits, on average, per $1 invested in international agricultural research and development, according to a new report released today (Oct. 14, 2020) by the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation. (Continued...) Becca Jablonski, Colorado State University CSU leads study promoting food security By: Morning Ag Clips - October 19, 2020 “Our five research teams were already involved in mapping and modeling our urban food systems when the pandemic hit,” said CSU Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics Becca Jablonski, the report’s corresponding author. “This previous work, coupled with strong relationships with key food system stakeholders in each of our cities, put us in a position to act quickly to document changes within the emergency food service system due to COVID-19, and to begin to describe the effectiveness of interventions taken to respond to school closures. We hope that this research is useful in considering the tradeoffs associated with different types of responses as well and how to better prepare for future crises.” (Continued...) Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis Organic agriculture tops $3 billion in California farm gate sales By: Morning Ag Clips - October 20, 2020 Muramoto, who became the UC Cooperative Extension organic production specialist in 2019, collaborated with Goodhue, Daniel Sumner, director of the UC Agricultural Issues Center and UC Davis professor of agricultural and resource economics; and UC Davis graduate student Hanlin Wei to produce the latest statistical review of California’s organic agriculture. (Continued...) Bradley Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Poll: Ag remains driver of economic well-being By: The North Platte Telegraph - October 17, 2020 The importance of agriculture as a driver of personal and community well-being is consistent with the findings of a recent report on the economic impact of the ag sector in Nebraska, said Brad Lubben, Extension associate professor and policy specialist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. (Continued...) Margarita Velandia, University of Tennessee Nursery automation focus on new effort led by UTIA By: Knoxville Daily Sun - October 19, 2020 Margarita Velandia, professor, and Alicia Rihn, assistant professor, both from the UT Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, recently joined the LEAP Team and will provide critical production and consumer economics expertise. (Continued...) Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Food Insecurity Changes in the United States during the Global Pandemic By: The Middletown Press, The Buffalo News, Benzinga, Fox 21 Delmarva, Daily Times Leader, WBOC, Financial Content, The Inyo Register, WICZ, Next Wave Group, Business Class News, Gateway News Source, International Association of Business Communicators, Magazines Today, News Blaze, Seed Daily, Invertir USA, Axcess News, State of Digital Publishing, The One News Page, Green Kontractor, The Punxsutawney Spirit, Deer Park Tribune, Mammoth Times, NewsOK, Morning News, The Saline Courier, The Sweetwater Reporter, My Mother Lode, The Pilot News, The Post & Mail, The Community Post, Winslow, Evans, & Crocker, The Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, Borger News-Herald, The Antlers American, The Observer News Online, Decatur Daily Democrat, & The Kane Republican - October 19, 2020 Craig Gundersen from the University of Illinois, and Monica Hake, Adam Dewey, and Emily Engelhard from Feeding America analyzed the possible impact of COVID-19 could be on the annual food insecurity rates in the United States for 2020 in their new article published in AEPP “Food Insecurity during COVID-19.” (Continued...) Lauren Chenarides, Arizona State University COVID-19 Pandemic and its Influence on Food Supply Chains By: WICZ TV FOX 40, WICZ, The Middletown Press, Stamford Advocate, Seattle PI, Fox 21 Delmarva, WBOC, The Punxsutawney Spirit, Axcess News, News Blaze, Magazines Today, Next Wave Group, Seed Daily, Invertir USA, The Buffalo News, Deer Park Tribune, The Antlers American, Benzinga, The Observer Online, The Pilot News, Starkville Daily News, Decatur Daily Democrat, Mammoth Times, The Ridgeway Record, The Kane Republican, The Inyo Register, NewsOK, My Mother Lode, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, & The Community Post - October 15, 2020 In the new article "COVID-19 and Food Supply Chains" published in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Lauren Chenarides, Mark Manfredo, and Timothy Richards from from Arizona State University show how firms can increase their value by maintaining the flexibility to market fresh produce into either foodservice or retail channels. (Continued...) Shun Chen, University of Georgia New School Meal/Food Standards Improve Children's Diets By: Fox 21 Delmarva, The Middletown Press, The Quiet Grove, WBOC, Fox 21 Delmarva, News Blaze, Magazines Today, Axcess News, Invertir USA, Next Wave Group, Green Kontractor, One News Page, Seed Daily, Daily Times Leader, WICZ, The Inyo Register, Winslow, Evans, & Cocker, Inc., The Pilot News, Borger News-Herald, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, My Mother Lode, The Antlers American, Financial Content, The Sweetwater Reporter, The Community Post, Morning News, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Inyo Register, Starkville Daily News, Benzinga, Observer News Online, The Kane Republican, Mammoth Times, & NewsOK - October 20, 2020 In the new research "Did the New School Meal Standards Improve the Overall Quality of Children's Diets?" published in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Travis Smith and Shun Chen from the University of Georgia along with Eliza Mojduszka from the Office of the Chief Economist, USDA dig deeper into how the changes to nutritional standards for school meals translated into the quality of food consumed by children. 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Joshua Maples, Mississippi State University How the Pandemic Could Impact the Price of Chicken Dinner By: One News Page, The Middletown Press, WBOC, Next Wave Group, Green Kontractor, Business Class News, News Blaze, Axcess News, Magazines Today, Invertir USA, Seed Daily, One News Page, WICZ, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Inyo Register, NewsOK, Benzinga, The Buffalo News, The Saline Courier, Fox 21 Delmarva, The Pilot News, My Mother Lode, The Post & Mail, The Community Post, The Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, The Antlers American, The Inyo Register, Observer News Online, Decatur Daily Democrat, & The Kane Republican - October 21, 2020 The new article "Estimating COVID-19 Impacts on the Broiler Industry" published in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Joshua Maples from Mississippi State University, Jada Thompson from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, David Anderson from Texas A&M University and John Anderson from the University of Arkansas examine the farm-level damages to the broiler industry due to the pandemic and some considerations for designing policy that targets the damages. 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