Monday, December 14, 2020

Members in the News: Gundersen, Bozic, Smith, Thilmany, Orazem, Burdine, Woods, Charlton, Castillo, Landry, Thilmany, Low, Boys, Vos, Bovay & Stephens

Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • More American families struggling to afford food. Can food banks cope?
    By: The Christian Science Monitor - December 8, 2020
  • Food insecurity doubles in U.S. during coronavirus shutdowns
    By: WNDThe Tennessee Star, & Fox 11 - December 2
  • Hungry for Help | Data shows food insecurity rising during the pandemic
    By: WHAS11 - December 4, 2020

Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota

  • Don’t Count on Direct Payments in Place of Dairy Margin Coverage
    By: Dairy Herd - December 8, 2020
  • USDA: Got DMC Coverage?
    By: Progressive Farmer - December 4, 2020

Trenton Smith, University of Otago

‘Virtual you’ lives a life of its own

By: Newsroom - November 30, 2020

In today’s digital world, we are all being watched. Every time you pay for something electronically, scan a loyalty card, interact on social media, do an internet search, or even just carry a smart phone, the details of your actions are recorded and stored for commercial purposes.

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Read more on: Newsroom


Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University

  • Colorado ag experts commend industry’s 2020 ‘resiliency,’ anticipate innovative 2021
    By: Montrose Daily Press - December 4, 2020
  • Study finds local food systems respond nimbly to COVID-19 supply chain impacts
    By: Morning Ag Clips - December 9, 2020

Peter Orazem, Iowa State University

Study IDs which small towns attract start-ups and why

By: Iowa Farmer Today - December 3, 2020

Peter Orazem, professor of economics at Iowa State, said, “Since 2000, the only areas that consistently added new firms and increased employment were metropolitan areas. In contrast, the communities losing the most employees and entrepreneurs were towns under 10,000 population. But some of these small towns bucked the trend and were able to continue to attract new firm entry and employment.”

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Read more on: Iowa Farmer Today


Kenneth Burdine, University of Kentucky
Timothy Woods, University of Kentucky

Despite COVID-19, Ky. agricultural receipts hold steady to 2019 levels

By: The Times Leader - December 5, 2020

Snell and fellow UK agricultural economists Kenny Burdine, Greg Halich and Tim Woods, Jerry Pierce from the Kentucky Farm Business Management Program, and Bobby Ammerman from UK’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources shared their annual outlook with Kentucky Farm Bureau members.

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Read more on: The Times Leader


Diane Charlton, Montana State University
Marcelo Castillo, USDA-ERS

Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the U.S. Farm Labor Market

By: The Daily Times Leader, Buffalo News, Sweet Water Reporter, Morning News, Punxsutawney Spirit, Mammoth Times, The Community Post, The Post & Mail, Saline Courier, The Pilot News, The Antlers American, Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Observer News Online, My Mother Lode, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, Inyo Register, The Evening Leader, Axcess News, One News Page, Next Wave Group, Magazines Today, The Seed Daily, & Benzinga - November 7, 2020

In the recently released article "Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the U.S. Farm Labor Market" Diane Charlton from Montana State University and Marcelo Castillo from USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) examine the potential effects of increasing unemployment rates on demand for H-2A guest workers and changes in the number of H-2A visas issued in 2020 compared to previous years.

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Read more on: The Daily Times Leader, Buffalo News, Sweet Water Reporter, Morning News, PunxsutawneySpirit, Mammoth Times, The Community Post, The Post & Mail, Saline Courier, The Pilot News, The Antlers American, Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Observer News Online, My Mother Lode, NewsOK, TheKane Republican, Inyo Register, The Evening Leader, Axcess News, One News Page, Next Wave Group, Magazines Today, The Seed Daily, & Benzinga


Craig Landry, University of Georgia

Growings On: Food waste continues to be a problem

By: Daily Citizen-News - December 1, 2020

Smaller households tend to waste more food, according to a study on household food waste and inefficiencies reported in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Authors Travis Smith and Craig Landry are faculty members of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Larger households have a greater potential for diversity of tastes, leading to greater opportunities for consumption of prepared foods.

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Read more on: Daily Citizen-News


Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
Sarah Low, University of Missouri

Kathryn Boys, North Carolina State University

Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilience During COVID-19

By: Mammoth Times, The Middletown Press, Morning News, The Chronicle Journal, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, My Mother Lode, Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, The Observer News Online, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, The Pilot News, Next Wave Group, Green Kontractor, Invertir USA, News Blaze, The Business Class News, Seed Daily, Magazines Today, The One News Page, Axcess News, Fox 21 Delmarva, WBOC, The Antlers American, The Evening Leader, & Inyo Register - December 8, 2020

In the new article "Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilince During COVID-19" released in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, AAEA president, Dawn Thilmany from Colorado State University, Sarah Low from the University of Missouri, Elizabeth Canales from Mississippi State University and Kathryn Boys from North Carolina State University find out how the pandemic uniquely affect those in the farm and food industry who focus on more localized sales.

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Read more on: Mammoth TimesThe Middletown Press, Morning News, The Chronicle Journal, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, My Mother Lode, Ridgway Record, Starkville Daily News, The Observer News Online, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, The Pilot News, Next Wave Group, Green Kontractor, Invertir USA, News Blaze, The Business Class News, Seed Daily, Magazines Today, The One News Page, Axcess News, Fox 21 Delmarva, WBOC, The Antlers American, The Evening Leader, & Inyo Register


Craig Gundersen, University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rob Vos, IFPRI
John Bovay, Virginia Tech
Heather Stephens, West Virginia University

AAEA Invites You to their Sessions at the 2021 ASSA Annual Meeting

By: The Middletown Press - December 9, 2020

The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) invites you to attend the 2021 AAEA sessions taking place virtually for ASSA. More than 50 experts in the field discuss and present during AAEA’s 5 Invited Paper sessions. Media and press are invited to attend any AAEA session with a complimentary media registration.

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Read more on: The Middletown Press


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