Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chad Hart, Iowa State University
How Ag Giant John Deere Has Plowed Through The Pandemic
By: Forbes - October 26, 2020
“That’s probably the number one reason that John Deere machinery sales were doing reasonably well through the summer — government payments,” said Irwin, the University of Illinois professor.
“When Covid first hit we saw some dramatic price declines,” said Chad Hart, the Iowa State University professor. But now, Hart said: “Prices have basically recovered to pre-Covid levels at a time when usually this time of year we tend to have our lowest prices” because early autumn harvests flood markets with supply.
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Joyce Chen, The Ohio State University
- Princeton agrees to pay over $1 million to female professors after federal review finds pay gaps
By: CNBC - October 14, 2020 - Even The Most Successful Women Pay A Big Price In Pandemic
By: NPR - October 20, 2020
Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University
- Bailouts Not Enough to Keep Ginseng Farmers in Wisconsin Afloat
By: Civil Eats - October 21, 2020 - Donald Trump tipped to win farmers' vote in US presidential election, despite China trade war
By: ABC News - October 29, 2020 - Most US farmers remain loyal to Trump despite pain from trade wars and COVID-19
By: The Highland County Press - October 22, 2020
Michael Wilcox, Purdue University
Indiana Grown surveys members on economic impact of program
By: AgriNews - October 28, 2020
Michael Wilcox, assistant director and program leader for Purdue Extension’s Community Development Program and community and regional economics specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics, will oversee the research portion of the study and is excited to begin gathering data.
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Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Taking the pulse of consumers: A conversation with Jayson Lusk
By: Feedstuffs - October 2020
In this episode we talk with one of the foremost academic experts on consumer trends and preferences in the meat space, and hear about his research into what meat buyers are thinking about heading into the final months of 2020.
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Margarita Velandia, University of Tennessee
Nursery automation focus of new effort led by UTIA
By: Bioengineer.org - October 22, 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.
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Benjamin Brown, The Ohio State University
- Agricultural Policy and Outlook Conference to look into future
By: Farm and Dairy - October 29, 2020 - CFAES outlook meetings
By: Ohio's County Journal - October 28, 2020
Brandon McFadden, University of Delaware
Trey Malone, Michigan State University
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Choices Magazine
UD study finds Halloween spirit (and spending) is down in 2020
By: Technical.ly Delaware - October 28, 2020
That’s according to a recent University of Delaware study, led by Brandon McFadden, an assistant professor at UD’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Nora Messer, a student at the Charter School of Wilmington, along with Trey Malone, an assistant professor at Michigan Sate University, and Kabir Advani, a student at the Palo Alto High School in California.
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Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University
Webinar: How Pork Exports Can Save Your Bacon
By: Michigan Ag Connection - October 26, 2020
Featured speakers include:
Dr. Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University, is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Department of Economics and Professor and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Agribusiness in the Ivy School of Business.
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Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State Extension offers assistance with farm financial plans
By: High Plains Journal - October 22, 2020
“For this pilot program, we are working to recruit farmers and ranchers and help them complete beginning balance sheets,” said Courtney Bir, OSU Extension agricultural economist. “If we demonstrate there is enough interest, we then can complete full financial plans and contribute to FINBIN, which should be very useful to Oklahoma producers.”
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Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont
Combatting Food Insecurity in Vermont and The Peace Corps.
By: WDEV Radio - October 22, 2020
Sue Minter of Capstone Community Action and Brittany Sperber of the Skinny Pancake restaurant group talk about a new program to help both people in need of food and Vermont restaurants hurt by the pandemic. Later, Vermont’s and the University of Vermont’s outsize role in the Peace Corps is the topic, with guests Travis Reynolds, Jane Kolodisky and Mary Bilecki joining Dave to talk about it.
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Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advocates looking at longer term solutions as food insecurity grows during pandemic
By: The San Diego Union-Tribune - October 25, 2020
Craig Gundersen: There are a wide number of factors that contribute to food insecurity in the United States. For example, low income, unemployment, food prices in an area; there’s a wide array of different determinants.
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Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
Small freezers in short supply
By: 9NEWS - October 21, 2020
"It's not surprising, because freezers are something people don't buy with a lot of frequency," said Professor Dawn Thilmany, co-director of the Colorado State University's (CSU) Regional Economic Development Institute. "When all of sudden there's a surge like this, it's not like food or masks when we can start creating new ones in four weeks."
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Jisang Yu, Kansas State University
Rising temperatures will disproportionately affect Kansas farmers
By: The Wichita Eagle - October 23, 2020
“Kansas is having a relatively larger increase in crop risk as a response to a one-degree Celsius warming, compared to the other parts of the country,” said Jisang Yu, assistant professor of agriculture economics at K-State.
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Agricultural & Applied Economics Associations
Choices Magazine
Family deciding whether or not to skip trick-or-treating this Halloween due to COVID-19
By: 6 abc Action News - October 25, 2020
Another study, published in "Choices," a publication of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, depicts a similar picture, saying only 59% of households are likely to allow their children to trick-or-treat this year.
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Lauren Chenarides, Arizona State University
Alessandro Bonanno, Colorado State University
How Many Stores Does it Take to Make Healthy Purchases Easier?
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In the new article “If You Build Them… Will it Matter? Food Stores' Presence and Perceived Barriers to Purchasing Healthy Foods in the Northeastern U.S.” published in the Applied Economics Perspectives & Policy, Lauren Chenarides from Arizona State University, Alessandro Bonanno from Colorado State University and Anne Palmer from Johns Hopkins examine how objective measures of food access (number of stores) affect consumers’ perceived constraints in acquiring healthy foods.
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Jeffrey Luckstead, Washington State University
Rodolfo Nayga, University of Arkansas
Has Media Saturation on COVID-19 Changed Labor and Food Supply Chain?
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In the new article "Labor Issues in the Food Supply Chain Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic" published in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Jeffrey Luckstead from Washington State University, Rodolf Nayga and Heather Price from the University of Arkansas, survey low-skilled domestic workers to understand their attitudes, before and during the pandemic, toward food production, guest workers, immigration policy, and the government's response to COVID-19.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics
What can Households Practice Everyday to Reduce Food Waste?
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In the new article “Household Food Waste and Inefficiencies in Food Production” in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Travis Smith and Craig Landry from the University of Georgia explore why some households waste more food than others.
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