Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
For Farmers and Consumers, a Crazy Year in Food
By: The Wall Street Journal - December 16, 2020
Disruption! Chaos! Volatility! These are the words that best describe food and agricultural markets, and the business climate that food retailers, processors, input suppliers and farmers faced in 2020. It has been a roller-coaster ride of highs and, mainly, lows both for food consumers and the industry.
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Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University
- Iowa Farmland Holds Onto Its Value Despite 2020's Many Challenges
By: Iowa Public Radio - December 15, 2020 - 1.7 percent increase in Iowa Land Values
By: WHO Radio, CBS2 KGAN TV, & San Francisco Chronicle - December 15, 2020 - Farmland values increase slightly in Iowa State University survey
By: Radio Iowa & KIWA Radio - December 15, 2020 - Subsidies, Improved Trade and Prices Buoy Iowa Farmland Values
By: Des Moines Register - December 15, 2020 - Survey: Iowa farmland values remain stable
By: Wallaces Farmer - October 9, 2020 - Farmland Values Rise Despite Turbulent Year
By: Successful Farming - December 16, 2020
Trey Malone, Michigan State University
K. Aleks Schaefer, Michigan State University
Pandemic throws huge punch at producers
By: Michigan Farmer - December 16, 2020
COVID-19 has been a basket case for everyone, but the basket may look different for any one grower, says Trey Malone, assistant professor in the Michigan State University Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics.
“Michigan is the second most diverse state in the country, and each commodity had the potential to be impacted differently,” says Malone, who recently authored a study on the different economic effects of COVID-19 with two other researchers, Steven Miller, director of the MSU Center for Economic Analysis; and K. Aleks Schaefer, assistant professor in the MSU Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics.
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Robert Johansson, USDA-Office of the Chief Economist
Seth Meyer, University of Missouri
Patrick Westhoff, University of Missouri
USDA chief economist to leave at end of January
By: Farm Progress, Baking Business, The Fence Post, & Food Business News - December 15, 2020
USDA Chief Economist Robert Johansson will be leaving USDA to become associate director of economics and policy analysis for the American Sugar Alliance at the end of January. Dr. Seth Meyer will return to USDA to be the new chief economist.
Pat Westhoff, director of FAPRI, says Meyer “has the experience and skills to hit the ground running, so I expect he will do well at what is a critical and challenging position.”
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Read more on: Farm Progress, Baking Business, The Fence Post, & Food Business News
Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia
Optimism, Yes, But Rebound Will Take Time
By: AgFax - December 8, 2020
For cotton producers, 2020 has been a whirlwind of uncertainty. The unfolding of the pandemic severely interrupted the global cotton supply chain. To control the spread of the virus, lockdowns and social distancing have been implemented in many parts of the world.
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Hope Michelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tanzania farmers distrust fertilizer quality, are less willing to pay for it
By: Phys.org, Health Medicine Network, & Eurasia Review - December 11, 2020
"Farmers were not using much fertilizer; that's well established in the region of Tanzania where we were working. In discussions with farmers we heard again and again the explanation was they thought the fertilizer was fake or bad, and they didn't want to buy it," says Hope Michelson, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) at U of I.
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Read more on: Phys.org, Health Medicine Network, & Eurasia Review
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin
- Report: Limited Workforce, Housing And Broadband Coverage Create Challenges For Rural Wisconsin
By: Wisconsin Public Radio & Business North - December 3, 2020 - Business Group Says Some Industries Still Dealing With Worker Shortage
By: Wisconsin Public Radio & Advocate - December 9, 2020
Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
Study finds local food systems respond nimbly to COVID-19 supply chain impacts
By: United States Supply Chain Management Council & Morning Ag Clips - December 9, 2020
But there were also local effects closer to home. Dawn Thilmany, Ph.D., a professor in the Colorado State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, examined how in some cases local and regional food systems innovated more quickly to respond to market demand and policy changes when compared to national food systems during the pandemic.
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Read more on: United States Supply Chain Management Council & Morning Ag Clips
Brady Brewer, Purdue University
Purdue Report Highlights Critical Farm Issues in 2021
By: News Dakota, Morning Ag Clips, & Pacific Northwest Ag Network - December 14, 2020
Brady Brewer is one of the report’s editors and analyzes trends in the financial sector. Brewer believes the agricultural economy can expect many of these same issues to influence the markets into 2021.
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Read more on: News Dakota, Morning Ag Clips, & Pacific Northwest Ag Network
James Mintert, Purdue University
Nathanael Thompson, Purdue University
Free corn and soybean outlook webinar set
By: The Tribune - December 8, 2020
"2020 was challenging for all in a multitude of ways, and it is important that we continue to keep a close eye on the ag trade outlook and the implications for corn and soybean marketing strategies,” said James Mintert, professor and director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture.
Mintert will be joined on the webinar by Michael Langemeier, a professor and associate director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture, and Nathanael Thompson, an assistant professor in Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics.
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Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jayson Lusuk, Purdue University
Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
Lee Schulz, Iowa State University
Norbert Wilson, Duke University
Brenna Ellison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brandon McFadden, University of Delaware
Bradley Rickard, Cornell University
Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University
Marcelo Castillo, USDA-ERS
Diane Charlton, Montana State University
Alexandra Hill, Colorado State University
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Agricultural Economists
By: Fox 21 Delmarva, WFMJ, Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, The Valley City Times Record, Wapak Daily News, The Post Gazette, The Inyo Register, The Pilot News, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, The Evening Leader, The Observer News Enterprise, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, The Antlers American, Decatur Daily Democrat, My Mother Lode, The Ridgeway Record, Starkville Daily News, The Seed Daily, AXcess News, The One News Page, News Blaze, The Next Wave Group, Magazines Today, Benzinga, Seattle PI, & Deer Park Tribune - December 10, 2020
In an AAEA virtual session taking place during the Allied Social Science Association's Annual Meeting entitled "The COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Agricultural Economists" authors from multiple universities and from USDA's Economic Research Service will provide insights into the impact of COVID-19 on the agricultural sector. These four papers cover issues in the U.S. and in Sub-Saharan Africa and from the entire food supply chain, from production agriculture through to food waste.
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Read more on: Fox 21 Delmarva, WFMJ, Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, The Valley City Times Record, Wapak Daily News, The Post Gazette, The Inyo Register, The Pilot News, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, The Evening Leader, The Observer News Enterprise, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, The Antlers American, Decatur Daily Democrat, My Mother Lode, The Ridgeway Record, Starkville Daily News, The Seed Daily, AXcess News, The One News Page, News Blaze, The Next Wave Group, Magazines Today, Benzinga, Seattle PI, & Deer Park Tribune
John Bovay, Virginia Tech
Elinor Benami, Virginia Tech
Timothy Beatty, University of California, Davis
Pierre Merel, University of California, Davis
Ariel Ortiz Bobea, Cornell University
New Research on Food Quality Inspection, Certification, and Disclosure
By: AM News - December 14, 2020
In a world of uncertainty, one thing is certain: food quality inspection, certifications, and disclosure can provide some measure of assurance to consumers. In an AAEA session taking place virtually at the 2021 ASSA Annual Meeting, researchers will discuss the economics of information with examples from the coffee, meat and poultry, and wine industries.
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Nathaniel Smith, Clemson University
Clemson Ag Outlook Conference offers farmers advice on how to deal with 2020’s ‘black swan’
By: SC Now - December 13, 2020
While tariffs are hindering parts of the national agricultural economy, impacts vary depending on the product. Peanuts are primarily a domestic product, for example, and thus less affected by trade restrictions and tariffs than other crops. Nathan Smith, director of the Clemson Extension Agribusiness team, said as far as the peanut situation goes, everything is up…except prices.
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Heather Stephens, West Virginia University
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin
Jason Winfree, University of Idaho
Jill McCluskey, Washington State University
Ron Mittelhammer, Washington State University
The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Economies
By: Sweetwater Reporter, My Mother Lode, AM News, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Evening Leader, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, The Inyo Register, AZ Central, Poteau Daily News, Starkville Daily News, The Pilot News, The Observer News Online, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, Daily Times Leader, The Antlers American, The Community Post, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Next Wave Group, The One News Page, Seed Daily, Green Kontractor, Magazines Today, AXcess News, Newswire, & Fox 21 Delmarva - December 16, 2020
In an AAEA session at the virtual 2021 ASSA Annual Meeting, AAEA members present on the digital divide, impacts on health of food and liquor purchases, and industrial composition.
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Read more on: Sweetwater Reporter, My Mother Lode, AM News, The Punxsutawney Spirit,
The Evening Leader, NewsOK, The Kane Republican, The Inyo Register, AZ Central,
Poteau Daily News, Starkville Daily News, The Pilot News, The Observer News Online, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier,
Daily Times Leader, The Antlers American, The Community Post, Decatur Daily Democrat,
The Next Wave Group, The One News Page, Seed Daily, Green Kontractor, MagazinesToday, AXcess News, Newswire, & Fox 21 Delmarva
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