Joseph Glauber, IFPRI
- Aggies start looking to 2021 agenda
By: Politico - December 14, 2020 - China-U.S. farm ties are stronger than ever despite trade war
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Rob Vos, IFPRI
Kathy Baylis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hope Michelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Linden McBride, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Daniel Putman, University of California, Davis
Travis Lybbert, University of California, Davis
Big Data and Near-Real-Time Monitoring of Food Emergencies
It’s no secret that today’s economic climate has drastically shifted due to COVID-19. In an AAEA session taking place virtually for the 2021 ASSA Annual Meeting, AAEA members and researchers will examine food insecurity with new technology, the poverty and malnutrition indicators, whether or not cell phone metadata can predict food security, and the vegetation index.
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Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Investing in ag: Dramatic increase in ‘agrifood tech’
By: AgriNews - December 20, 2020
“One of the factors is agricultural commodities, where the margins remain low for the farmers and for food processors,” said Jayson Lusk, distinguished professor and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. “So, people are looking for alternative ways to make more money.”
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Keith Coble, Mississippi State University
Josh Maples, Mississippi State University
Mississippi: Ag Industry Posted 2020 Estimated Value of $7.35B
By: AgFax - December 17, 2020
“We did some midyear analysis on June 1, and the economic picture for farm products looked pretty bleak,” Coble said. “We went through unprecedented losses early to midyear, but markets have generally improved in the latter portion of the year.”
Josh Maples, an agricultural economist with the MSU Extension Service, said poultry took a hit from COVID-19-related issues and dropped 16% in value. But row crops were strong, posting a combined $2.6 billion estimated value.
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Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Is economic growth in the United States coming to an end?
By: Rochester Business Journal - December 22, 2020
In his 1985 Marshall lectures at Cambridge University, the Nobel laureate Robert Lucas commented on the significance of national economic growth. According to him, once one ponders what governments might do to promote growth in their nations and then studies the consequences of such growth-inducing policies, one becomes aware of the tremendous implications of such policies for human welfare.
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Clinton Neill, Cornell University
Veterinary Economics - From Animal Disease to COVID-19
By: New York State Veterinary Medical Society - December 2020
What is veterinary economics? Sounds like a simple enough question, but the answer is quite complex. Economics, from a broad perspective, can be defined as the science, of analyzing the production, consumption, and distribution of goods, services, and wealth.
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Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University
Why people make healthy claims but indulge in unhealthy behaviors
By: Medical Xpress & Neuroscience - December 18, 2020
"We asked survey respondents to report their holiday health-related behaviors and their beliefs on the behaviors of the average American," Bir says. "We then compared the responses to determine what percentage of respondents rated themselves better than they rated the average American. That difference is where we find evidence of the bias."
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Hope Michelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Annemie Maertens, University Sussex
Brenna Ellison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Top US Congress leaders say they hope to agree on Covid aid package
By: BBC - December 16, 2020
It is now well established that fertilizers increase agricultural productivity. Now a new study suggests farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa use well below recommended rates and it sheds light on the reasons why.
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Vincent Smith, Montana State University
The 'Back to the Future' Secretary of Agriculture
By: Real Clear Policy - December 18, 2020
Tom Vilsack’s reappointment as Secretary of Agriculture should not be a surprise. The former governor of Iowa and his wife supported President-elect Biden in his first run for president in 1988. They have been friends of the Bidens and their political allies for more than thirty years, and Vilsack himself helped craft the Democratic campaign platform on agricultural and rural policy.
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Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
Economics Of The Massive and Growing California Almond Industry
By: California Ag Today - December 17, 2020
“Of course, we've seen this coming for a decade. So, we've known that the bearings acreage was going to continue to go up because we've got the non-bearing acreage, and that’s always coming up,” Sumner said. “We don't know for sure how many acres will be pulled, but nobody's surprised that we have a massive crop.”
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Eric Belasco, Montana State University
COVID And Cattle: The Pandemic's Continued Influence On The Beef Market
By: Aspen Public Radio - December 17, 2020
Eric Belasco is an associate professor of agricultural economics at Montana State University. He says live cattle prices dipped about 11% between mid-February and mid-December. One culprit - yet again - is processing.
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James Mintert, Purdue University
Soy, corn exports rebound, farm incomes hold - for now
By: High Plains Journal - December 21, 2020
According to Jim Mintert, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University and a professor and extension economist in its Department of Agricultural Economics, total corn exports were up 61% this year over last year, with China accounting for 85% of that increase.
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Aaron Smith, University of Tennessee
Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
Kimberly Jensen, University of Tennessee
Jackie Yenerall, University of Tennessee
David Hughes, University of Tennessee
Alicia Rihn, University of Tennessee
Sreedhar Upendram, University of Tennessee
UTIA Reveals Sobering Statistics in Economic Report to the Governor
By: The Knoxville Focus & Knoxville Daily Sun - December 18, 2020
In this year’s economic report to the governor, researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture detail the extent of COVID-19 impacts on Tennessee’s agricultural sectors; examine the struggle of thousands of Tennesseans to feed their families during the pandemic; and summarize the impact of governmental assistance programs in mitigating the damage.
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Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University
Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
James Mintert, Purdue University
Purdue to host free virtual 2021 Top Farmer Conference
By: Daily Reporter - December 21, 2020
The Purdue Top Farmer Conference, a management program for farmers that features some of the nation’s top experts on marketing, risk management and crop production, will take place Jan. 8, live via the Zoom meeting platform.
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Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Closing The Gap: Food Insecurity In Chicago And Illinois
By: WBEZ - December 14, 2020 - Hungry for Help: Food insecurity worse for people with disabilities
By: WHAS11 - December 16, 2020
John Anderson, University of Arkansas
Consumer confidence will dog Arkansas economy into 2021
By: Magnolia Reporter - December 19, 2020
“The COVID-19 pandemic produced an unprecedented shock to the economy,” Anderson said. “Second quarter GDP fell by 31.4 percent reflecting the effects of widespread economic shutdowns that generally ran from late March through about mid-May in many parts of the country.
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Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University
- ISU farmland report shows land values up across Northwest Iowa
By: Sioux City Journal - December 19, 2020 - Farmland values rise 2% Northwest Iowa
By: The Storm Lake Times - December 18, 2020 - Iowa Land Values Show Stability in Turbulent Year
By: KMCH - December 18, 2020
Stephen Devadoss, Texas Tech University
How Produce Farmers are Feeling the Effects of the Pandemic
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In the new article "The Effects of COVID-19 on Fruit and Vegetable Production" William Ridley from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stephen Devadoss from Texas Tech University explore COVID-19's effects on fruit and vegetable production in light of the ongoing and widespread proliferation of the pandemic in the farm labor force.
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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: The Buffalo News - December 16, 2020
Whether it's online grocery orders or curbside pick-ups, COVID-19 has shifted the way we shop. But how is it effecting those in less populated rural areas?
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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