Monday, June 21, 2021

Members in the News: Lusk, Upendram, Goodwin, Zhang, Mintert, Thompson, Reeling, Deller, Tonsor, Outlaw, Sumner, Zilberman, AJAE, & AEPP

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Cheap for You. Costly for the Environment.

By: The New York Times - June 15, 2021

According to a study published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the average U.S. household wastes 31.9 percent of the food they purchase annually. 

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Read more on: The New York Times


Jayson Lusk, Purdue University

  • Bacon keeps getting more expensive — it now costs 13% more than last year, government data shows
    By: Insider - June 11, 2021
  • Quotes from World Pork Expo
    By: Pork - June 11, 2021
  • Purdue agricultural economics advisors receive national awards
    By: WBIW - June 9, 2021

Sreedhar Upendram, University of Tennessee

UTIA professor receives community development early career achievement award

By: Bioengineer - June 10, 2021

Sreedhar Upendram, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has received the 2021 Bonnie Teater Community Development Early Career Achievement Award from the Southern Rural Development Center.

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Read more on: Bioengineer


Barry Goodwin, University of Tennessee

Prop 12 offers no benefit to consumers, animal welfare

By: Farm Progress - June 9, 2021

In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, NPPC President Jen Sorenson shared a new analysis from Barry Goodwin, an economist from North Carolina State University, which found if Prop 12 is implemented, the costs to producers will be catastrophic.

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Read more on: Farm Progress


Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University

ISU survey shows biggest land rent boost since 2013

By: Radio Iowa, WNAX, & KIWA Radio - June 10, 2021

Many Iowa farmers are seeing a significant increase in what they’re paying for land rents this year. That’s according to a survey done by Iowa State University Extension. ISU AG Economist Wendong Zhang says this is the first large increase in land rental rates since eight years ago.

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Read more on: Radio Iowa, WNAX, & KIWA Radio


James Mintert, Purdue University
Nathanael Thompson, Purdue University
Carson Reeling, Purdue University

Purdue Commercial Ag Center Hosts Carbon Sequestration Webinar

By: Iowa Ag Connection - June 11, 2021

"Many agricultural producers are questioning the industry's potential role in carbon sequestration right now," said James Mintert, professor and director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture. "During this webinar, Nathanael Thompson, Carson Reeling and I will answer some of the questions on producers' minds and take a look at some of the opportunities for row crop producers interested in carbon sequestration on their farmland. Carbon markets are evolving rapidly, and we'll also discuss how things might change over the next several years."

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Read more on: Iowa Ag Connection


Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin

Wisconsin County Agent Association award recipients named

By: Wisconsin State Farmer - May 2021

Two Extension specialists received the Second Mile Award for their outstanding support of Wisconsin County Agricultural Agents: Steven Deller, Professor, UW-Madison Applied and Agricultural Economics and Extension Specialist; and Francisco Arriaga, Associate Professor, UW-Madison Extension Soil Scientist.

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Read more on: Wisconsin State Farmer


Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University

Glynn Tonsor’s May Meat Demand Monitor Shows Increases in Meat Demand

By: Oklahoma Farm Report - June 16, 2021

On today’s Beef Buzz, Kansas State University agricultural economics professor and lead author on the Meat Demand Monitor survey, Glynn Tonsor, comments more on the data and what to expect looking to the future.

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Read more on: Oklahoma Farm Report


Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University

Small farms to face higher taxes without carveout, GOP lawmakers warn

By: KITV - June 15, 2021

“If there is a death, associated with all the rest of the personal problems they would have, they would have to face a tax burden of $726,000,” explained Joe Outlaw, Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University and one of the report’s authors.

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Read more on: KITV


Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis

What is causing meat prices to rise?

By: KRON 4 - June 16, 2021

Professor of Agricultural Economics at UC Davis Daniel Sumner says the seasonal increases will always come and go, but this year most of the increase you’re paying for has to do with the cost and demand for corn and soybeans.

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Read more on: KRON 4


David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
Applied Economics Perspectives & Policy

How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Political Economy?

By: WFMZ, Le Lezard, The Telegraph, Times Union, Chron, AZ Central, Wapak Daily News, Poteau Daily News, The Evening Leader, Daily Times Leader, Sweet Water Reporter, The Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Observer News Online, The Antlers American, The Inyo Register, The Community Post, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Valley City Times Record, My Mother Lode, The Kane Republican, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, Starkville Daily News, The Pilot News, NewsOK, AM News, The Ridgway Record, Latin Trade, Physician Family Media, Fore Front Media News, News Blaze, Gateway News Source, & Sangri Times - June 11, 2021

In the new article "The Political Economy of COVID-19" released in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, David Zilberman, Scott Kaplan and Jacob Lefler from the University of California, Berkeley use a political economic lens to analyze the joint economic and mortality impacts of social distancing and other public health policies. 

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Read more on: WFMZLeLezard, The Telegraph, Times Union, Chron, AZ Central, Wapak Daily News, Poteau Daily News, The Evening Leader, Daily Times Leader, Sweet Water Reporter, The Buffalo News, Mammoth Times, The Punxsutawney Spirit, The Observer News Online, The Antlers American, The Inyo Register, The Community Post, Decatur Daily Democrat, The Valley City Times Record, My Mother Lode, The Kane Republican, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, Starkville Daily News, The Pilot News, NewsOK, AM News, The Ridgway Record, Latin Trade, Physician Family Media, Fore Front Media News, News Blaze, Gateway News Source, & Sangri Times


 

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