Monday, April 26, 2021

Members in the News: Schweizer, Bruno, Shew, Lusk, Ortiz-Bobea, Chambers, Wilson, Dall’Erba, Chen, Nava, Walters, Tonsor, et al.

Heidi Schweizer, North Carolina State University
Ellen Bruno, University of California, Berkeley

Why Wall Street investors' trading California water futures is nothing to fear - and unlikely to work anyway

By: The Conversation - April 15, 2021

Some people worry Wall Street’s involvement in trading water will disenfranchise the water rights of rural communities and lead to more scarcity of an already dwindling resource, thus driving up the price everyone pays.

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Read more on: The Conversation


Aaron Shew, Arkansas State University

Experts say climate change threatens America's food supply. Can farmers in the Mississippi Delta save it?

By: CBS News - April 21, 2021

The project is not without its hurdles. Winters in the region are colder than California, making certain crops, such as almonds, dates and avocados, unviable, said Arkansas State University assistant professor of agriculture business and economics Aaron Shew.

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Read more on: CBS News


Jayson Lusk, Purdue University

  • The cost of bacon, hot dogs and other pork products is rising. Here's why
    By: TODAY - April 15, 2021
  • Of the 5 States with the Most Farmworkers, Only 3 Are Prioritizing Vaccines — and Not All Means of Prioritizing Are Equal, per the CDC
    By: PBS - April 16, 2021

Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University
Robert Chambers, University of Maryland

Climate Change Has Cut Global Farming Productivity 21% Since the 1960s

By: Sci Tech Daily - April 17, 2021

Now, a new study provides these insights: “Anthropogenic Climate Change Has Slowed Global Agricultural Productivity Growth,” published in Nature Climate Change, was led by economist Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell.

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Read more on: Sci Tech Daily


William Wilson, North Dakota State University

University Distinguished Professor to give Faculty Lectureship at NDSU

By: Inforum & WZFG - April 15, 2021

William Wilson, University Distinguished Professor of agribusiness and applied economics and CHS Endowed Chair in Risk Management and trading, has been selected for the prestigious Faculty Lectureship at NDSU.

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Read more on: Inforum & WZFG


Sandy Dall'Erba, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhangliang Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Noé Nava, 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Agricultural trade across US states can mitigate economic impacts of climate change

By: Phys.org, Farms.com, Herald News, Seed World, Azo Clean Tech, Ag Daily, Mundo Agropecuario, Azo Life Sciences, Illinois Ag Connection, Morning Ag Clips, Louisiana Farm Bureau News, & Feedstuffs - April 15, 2021

Dall'Erba and study co-authors Zhangliang Chen and Noé Nava, graduate students in ACE, conducted their research within the U.S. because the country is so large that a particular weather event is unlikely to affect every state simultaneously.

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Read more on: Phys.orgFarms.com, Herald News, Seed WorldAzo Clean Tech, Ag Daily, Mundo Agropecuario, Azo Life Sciences, Illinois Ag Connection, Morning Ag Clips, Louisiana Farm Bureau News, & Feedstuffs


Cory Walters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Webinar on winter wheat's economic viability

By: Morning Ag Clips - April 19, 2021

Presenters will include Cody Creech, a cropping specialist with Nebraska Extension, Dave Petersen, area claims manager with Rural Community Insurance Services, and Cory Walters, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Read more on: Morning Ag Clips


Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University

Beef and Pork Checkoffs Partner with Dr Glynn Tonsor and His Meat Demand Monitor

By: Oklahoma Farm Report - April 19, 2021

For Glynn Tonsor, Ph.D., understanding consumer meat and food demand comes naturally. While growing up on a hog farm in Missouri, Dr. Tonsor quickly developed an interest in agricultural markets and pursued that interest, eventually taking on his current position as a professor in the Agricultural Economics department at Kansas State University.

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Read more on: Oklahoma Farm Report


Sandy Dall'Erba, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

How climate change affects Colombia's coffee production

By: Herald-Whig - April 11, 2021

"Colombian coffee is currently growing in areas with different altitude levels, and climate impacts will likely be very different for low altitude and high altitude regions," said Sandy Dall'Erba, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, director of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory and co-author of the study.

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Read more on: Herald-Whig


Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University

Study finds local food systems respond nimbly to COVID-19 supply chain impacts

By: The Pagosa Springs Sun - April 16, 2021

But there were also local effects closer to home. Dawn Thilmany, Ph.D., a professor in the Colorado State University (CSU) 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: The Pagosa Springs Sun


Sean Ellis, University of Delaware

Consumer Perceptions After Long‐term Use of Alternative Irrigation Water

By: Daily Times Leader, Fat Pitch Financials, Am News, Daily Times Leader, Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, Sweetwater Reporter, The Inyo Register, Punxsutawney Spirit, The Antlers American, The Saline Courier, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Pilot News, The Observer News Online, The Kane Republican, The Community Post, The Valley City Times Record, Starkville Daily News, News Blaze, & The One News Page - April 19, 2021

In the new article "Consumer perceptions after long‐term use of alternative irrigation water: A field experiment in Israel", Sean Ellis, Maik Kecinski, and Kent Messer from the University of Delaware along with Clive Lipchin from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel look at Israel's consumer preference and willingness to pay for conventional water, desalinated water and recycled water.

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Read more on: Daily Times LeaderFatPitch Financials, Am News, Daily Times Leader, Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, Sweetwater Reporter, The Inyo Register, Punxsutawney Spirit, The AntlersAmerican, The Saline Courier, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Pilot News, TheObserver News Online, The Kane Republican, The Community Post, The Valley CityTimes Record, Starkville Daily News, News Blaze, & The One News Page


Jason Grant, Virginia Tech
Charlotte Emlinger, Virginia Tech
Robert Johansson, American Sugar Alliance
Chaoping Xie, Nanjing Agricultural University

Consumer Perceptions After Long‐term Use of Alternative Irrigation Water

By: The Observer News Enterprise, Daily Times Leader, The Inyo Register, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, NewsOK, The Pilot News, The Community Post, The Antlers American, AZ Central, Sweetwater Reporter, Decatur Daily Democrat, My Mother Lode, Starkville Daily News, The Kane Republican, The Ridgway Record, & Benzinga - April 19, 2021

In the new article "Agricultural Exports and Retaliatory Trade Actions: An Empirical Assessment of the 2018/19 Trade Conflict," Jason Grant and Charlotte Emlinger from Virginia Tech, as well as Shawn Arita and Robert Johansson from the USDA, and Chaoping Xie from Nanjing Agricultural University find out to what extent did the 2018/19 trade war impact U.S. product-line agricultural exports and compared these trade effects to the USDA's trade aid delivered to farmers.

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Read more on: The Observer News EnterpriseDailyTimes Leader, The Inyo Register, The Saline Courier, The Post & Mail, NewsOK, The Pilot News, The Community Post, TheAntlers American, AZ Central, Sweetwater Reporter, Decatur Daily Democrat, MyMother Lode, Starkville Daily News, The Kane Republican, The Ridgway Record, & Benzinga


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