Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont Tough Choices: Falling Enrollment, COVID Pressure College Cities And Towns By: Forbes - February 16, 2021 What’s next for the cities and towns facing the loss of an economic anchor? Fallout from the pandemic “is going to put the nail in the coffin for many more of these small institutions as enrollment declines,” says Jane Kolodinsky, chairperson of the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont in Burlington. (Continued...) Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota High food prices are part of a ‘one-two punch’ for struggling Americans By: Yahoo Money - February 16, 2021 “This one-two punch is occurring,” Marc Bellemare, professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, told Yahoo Money, “where a lot of people are losing their main source of livelihood and then, at the same time, food is getting more expensive.” Many of the households struggling with food insecurity used to have stable finances, Chris Barrett, a Cornell University economist, explained to Yahoo Money. Income losses brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak — rather than the climbing cost of food — is squarely to blame. (Continued...) Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Matthew Gammans, Michigan State University Michigan checkoff programs offer grain marketing workshop series By: Michigan Farmer - February 11, 2021 “This workshop will provide a brief overview of the pricing tools available to producers, including cash sales, forward contracts, hedging, options and minimum price contracts,” Gammans says. “The goal is that attendees will understand the basics of how these tools work and have more confidence when considering expanding the set of pricing tools they use.” (Continued...) David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley Seeking a Better Burger Through Technology By: Food & Wine - February 16, 2021 Dr. David Zilberman is a professor in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at UC Berkeley. "I'm a big believer in GMO, in the same way that I'm really concerned with climate change. I think this is the biggest challenge of humanity," he tells me over the phone. "Look at the pandemic; the vaccine is GMO. Without GMO we wouldn't have the vaccine. The same way that we use cell phones and we don't use pigeons anymore, we all need this new technology." (Continued...) Sarah Sellars, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer in the U.S. By: Farms.com - February 18, 2021 We provide background on nitrogen fertilizer production in the United States, thereby aiding in understanding conservation concerns with nitrogen production. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere and makes up approximately 78% of the atmosphere. (Continued...) Mengyao Li, University of Georgia Is poor air quality affecting your child’s confidence? By: The Georgia Sun - February 12, 2021 “As air pollution increased, data showed there was also a higher amount of psychological stress and a reduction of self-esteem and self-satisfaction, ultimately lowering confidence in the future,” said Mengyao Li, who recently earned her doctorate in agricultural and applied economics from the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Continued...) James Mintert, Purdue University Corn Exports Up Significantly From Last Year By: Hoosier Ag Today - February 16, 2021 “Exports to China alone account for almost 70 percent of the increase, so that’s an interesting move and a big change there,” says Dr. Jim Mintert, Ag Econ Professor and Director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture. “If you look at the prior years, historically, China has essentially purchased zero corn from the U.S. in prior years, so this is a big switch. And it really makes the export forecasting business somewhat challenging.” (Continued...) Raymond Massey, University of Missouri Missouri land values continue to grow By: Herald-Whig - February 13, 2021 Buyers of farmland near metropolitan areas said broadband internet expansion made the properties more attractive. COVID-19 also nudged some city dwellers to buy property in rural areas to build a house, but Massey said that likely is a short-term phenomenon. (Continued...) Anne Byrne, Cornell University An Examination of Monthly Food Pantry Cycles in the Context of SNAP Benefits By: Sweetwater Reporter, AM News, The Inyo Register, The Buffalo News, Daily Times Leader, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Post & Mail, Wapak Daily News, AZ Central, Starkville Daily News, The Ridgway Record, The Kane Republican, The Observer News Enterprise, NewsOK, Borger News-Herald, Mammoth Times, My Mother Lode, The Antlers American, The Saline Courier, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Pilot News, News Blaze, & One News Page - February 11, 2021 In the new article, "The Other Half: An Examination of Monthly Food Pantry Cycles in the Context of SNAP Benefits," Anne Byrne and David Just from Cornell University find out if the food pantry visitation cycle over the course of a month and how it might interact with the SNAP cycle. (Continued...) |
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