Cesar Escalante, University of Georgia-Athens 'Rampant issues': Black farmers are still left out at USDA By: Politico, Newslanes, & Portside - July 5, 2021 Cesar Escalante, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Georgia who has studied loan patterns for socially disadvantaged farmers, co-authored a study published last year in the Agricultural Finance Review, showing that minority borrowers were often given smaller loan amounts with higher interest rates because they had poorer results in credit scoring models. (Continued...) Joseph Glauber, IFPRI
Nathan Kauffman, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Keep the Good Times Rolling - 1 By: Progressive Farmer - July 2, 2021 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Vice President Nathan Kauffman said it's important for producers to maintain the disciplined management approaches they've adopted in recent years. Kauffman serves as the bank's principal expert in agriculture economics. "Prices got low enough to jumpstart exports early," said Chad Hart, Iowa State University economist and crops and biofuels specialist. At the same time, China expressed its intent to meet its commitments to the phase-one trade deal, which would require buying $36.5 billion of U.S. ag products in the calendar year. (Continued...) Bart Fischer, Texas A&M University Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course offers Texas ranchers a glance at the future By: AgriLife Today & North Texas e-News - July 5, 2021 “We’ll also be discussing what is happening in surrounding states, such as Colorado’s recent ballot initiative – Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation, which has now been put on pause, as well as Gov. Jared Polis’ MeatOut Day proclamation,” Fisher said. “We have to be aware of what could be knocking on our door next.” (Continued...) Mary Doidge, McGill University Our Ohio Weekly with Ty Higgins 07/04/2021 By: iHeart Radio - July 4, 2021 In light of climate-induced risks and uncertainties like increasing extreme rainfall events and warmer temperatures, a team made up of research, extension, and outreach professionals at Ohio State are working together to identify how to promote sustainability and resilience in the Eastern Corn Belt. They are also trying to understand how farmers’ can adapt to these changing conditions while supporting both agricultural production and the protection of our critical ecosystem. (Continued...) Matthew Rousu, Susquehanna University Pa. should consider a vaccine lottery By: Trib Total Media - July 3, 2021 In May, Ohio announced that five lucky adults who’ve received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine will win $1 million in weekly drawings starting May 26. Nearly 5 million Ohioans have already been vaccinated, meaning each has a one-in-a-million chance of winning $1 million. (Continued...) James Mintert, Purdue University Rising input costs causing concern for farmers By: Morning Ag Clips - July 6, 2021 “Farmers expect their input costs to rise much more rapidly in the year ahead than they have over the last decade, contributing to their concerns about their farm finances and financial future,” said James Mintert, the barometer’s principal investigator and director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. (Continued...) Margaret Jodlowski, The Ohio State University Labor concerns plaguing U.S. agriculture By: Ohio's Country Journal - July 6, 2021 A new report, “Ohio’s H-2A and H-2B workforce: An update,” by Margaret Jodlowski, Assistant Professor in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics, said the move offers a temporary solution but doesn’t address a long-term resolution to ongoing labor shortages in agriculture and beyond. (Continued...) Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on cattle markets, transparency, prices By: High Plains Journal - July 7, 2021 No relationship is more relevant currently than the relationship of fed cattle inventories to processor capacity. Since 2016, the relationship has changed, exceeding operational processing capacity in the beef industry. The Holcomb plant fire in 2019 and developments during the pandemic occurred in this time period as well, Tonsor said. (Continued...) Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University Farm finance and budgeting resources available By: Muskogee Phoenix - July 7, 2021 “Farm business margins have always been light, and now there are a lot of things in flux, even more than usual,” said Courtney Bir, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Oklahoma State University Extension specialist. “Making decisions when you don’t have a sense of what’s happening is difficult.” (Continued...) Applied Economics Perspectives & Policy Should the United State use Antitrust Policies on Big Agriculture? By: Fox 40, ADVFN, SNN News, WRDE Coast TV, My San Antonio, Midplains – News Channel Nebraska, Seattle PI, Chron, SF Gate, Times Union, AZ Central, The Valley City Times Record, The Poteau Daily News, Wapak Daily News, The Evening Leader, Financial Content, The Sweet Water Reporter, AM News, Virtual Strategy Magazine, Deer Park Tribune, Daily Times Leader, SM Daily Press, Decatur Daily Democrat, Punxsutawney Spirit, Buffalo News, My Mother Lode, One News Page, Next Wave Group, Gateway News Source, Tech Social Net, State of Digital Publishing, Seed Daily, News Blaze, Daily Herald, Borger News Herald, The Post & Mail, The Saline Courier, News OK, The Kane Republican, The Inyo Register, Starkville Daily News, Chronicle Journal, Ridgway Record, Winslow, Evans, & Crocker, The Antlers American, Observer News Online, The Pilot News, Mammoth Times, & The Community Post - July 2, 2021 In the new Applied Economics Perspectives & Policy article "Should we use antitrust policies on big agriculture?" Jason Winfree and Philip Watson from the University of Idaho discuss some of the potential problems of using antitrust law to break up big agriculture. (Continued...) |
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