Monday, March 7, 2022

Members in the News: Hayes, Peña-Lévano, Khanal, Gutierrez-Li, Khanna, Guan, Blare, Ripplinger, Zhao, Zheng, Hu, Wang, Kauffman, Mintert, Liu, et al.

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Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University

  • Supply Chain Issues, Not Profiteering, To Blame For High Prices, Says Pork Industry Report
    By: Successful Farming - January 27, 2022
  • As African Swine Fever plagues other countries, the U.S. works to keep it out
    By: KOSU via NPR - February 16, 2022

Luis Peña-Lévano, University of Wisconsin

Using land to tackle climate change could have ‘adverse impacts’ on global hunger

By: Carbon Brief - February 24, 2022

Addressing the impacts of mitigation approaches on food security is a “very unique” approach, says Dr Luis Peña-Lévano, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Previous work in the field has looked at the impacts of mitigation on agricultural markets, but not necessarily taken the extra step to analyse how those changes will affect hunger, he says. 

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Binod Khanal, University of Connecticut

Paying extra for milk alternatives: unfair, illogical – and a little bit racist?

By: The Guardian - March 3, 2022

“In the long term, the prices for plant-based milk might go down as the size of the industry increases, allowing for more competition in the market,” said Binod Khanal, who researches agricultural economics and consumer behavior at the University of Connecticut. He said the preference for plant-based milk among consumers is largely due to concerns for climate change as well as lactose intolerance, predominantly among the non-white demographic. Roughly 61% of US households are primarily dairy milk drinkers, while close to 23% were primarily plant based drinkers – and were more likely to identify as liberal – according to a recent study.

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Read more on: The Guardian


Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, North Carolina State University

North Carolina's farm labor woes ripple across broader economy

By: Triangle Business Journal - February 18, 2022

The number of undocumented workers from Mexico coming into the United States has decreased over the years as a result of ramped-up border control efforts and the growth of Mexico’s own economy, said Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, an assistant professor for N.C. State University’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

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Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Ranks Number 25 Nationally on EPA’s List of On-Site Green Power Users

By: EIN Presswire - February 22, 2022

“We are excited that our campus can be recognized for our progress on green power,” iSEE Interim Director Madhu Khanna said, “and we look forward to continuing the efforts to find low-carbon energy sources and to reduce emissions as we strive to reach carbon neutrality as soon as possible.”

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Zhengfei Guan, University of Florida
Trent Blare, University of Florida

Avocado supply faces 'big concern' as inflation, scarcity send prices on a tear

By: Yahoo Finance - February 27, 2022

Americans have a “hefty” appetite for avocados — one that's adding to widespread food price pressures and general scarcity, according to Zhengfei Guan, an associate professor of food and resource economics at the University of Florida.

In California, where over 90% of U.S. supply comes from, “production has been down because acres have been going down, and California has been experiencing severe droughts,” Trent Blare, an assistant professor in food and resource economics at the University of Florida, told Yahoo Finance in an interview.

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David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University

Carbon offset credit market has potential, but most farmers aren't ready to commit to contracts

By: Agweek - February 28, 2022

“All these multinationals are interested in the environment. They’re interested in reducing emissions,” said David Ripplinger, North Dakota Extension, bio-products and bio-energy economics specialist.

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Shuoli Zhao, University of Kentucky
Yuqing Zheng, University of Kentucky
Wuyag Hu, The Ohio State University
Lingxiao Wang, University of Wisconsin

Plant-based meat alternatives growing but not enough to impact beef industry

By: 24h Tech & VNExplorer - February 24, 2022

Plant-based meat alternatives are an emerging industry, growing more than 200% since the beginning of the pandemic. University of Kentucky agricultural economists are studying consumer demand for these products and how it could impact the meat industry, specifically beef. 

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Nathan Kauffman, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

US Agriculture outlook remains bright after years of economic decline, but challenges remain

By: Food Navigator - March 1, 2022

Over the past two years, US “agriculture has gone through a reset so that conditions are very different now than they would have been if I was a describing the same set of conditions two years ago, before the pandemic, as incomes are much higher, credit problems and financial stress is much different than it had been before the pandemic, levels of bankruptcy even are about half of what they would have been on a quarter-to-quarter basis before the pandemic,” Nathan Kauffman, vice president, economist and Omaha Branch executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas, told attendees last week at the virtual USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum.

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James Mintert, Purdue University

Farmer Sentiment Rises During Commodity Price Rally; Concern Over Production Costs Remains

By: AgriMarketing & Morning Ag Clips - March 1, 2022

"These survey responses suggest that concerns about the spike in production costs and supply chain issues continue to mostly outweigh the impact of the commodity price rally that's been underway this winter," said James Mintert, the barometer's principal investigator and director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture.

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Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia
Jordan Shockley, University of Kentucky

Registration Open for UGA-Sponsored Precision Agriculture Workshops

By: Middle Georgia CEO, Metro Atlanta CEO, Albany CEO, Middle Georgia CEO, Tifton CEO, Athens CEO, Ag Fax, Griffin Daily News,Albany Herald, Reach WCA, KPVI, Kilgore News Herald, ASAP Conference, & Johnson City Press - February 28, 2022

During lunch the keynote presentation, “Cost and Benefit Analysis of Precision Technologies,” will feature insights from Yangxuan Liu, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics from UGA, and Jordan Shockley, associate Extension professor of agricultural economics with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

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Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Learn about conservation, carbon markets

By: Morning Ag Clips - February 20, 2022

Join University of Illinois Extension on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Holiday Inn, Rock Island, Ill., for discussions with University of Illinois agriculture experts Professor Gary Schnitkey and Sarah Sellers, as they share the latest findings on agricultural Precision Conservation Management and Carbon Market Opportunities for farmers.

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Jens Hilscher, University of California, Davis

Is inflation here to stay?

By: Morning Ag Clips - February 27, 2022

As pent-up demand slows and supply chains adapt, their impact on inflation may also subside. But, if the energy price spike in response to the invasion of Ukraine persists and if supply disruptions continue, it could lead consumers to demand higher wages to increase their purchasing power. “If companies raise prices in response to higher wage demands by workers, leading to further high expectations of inflation, further wage demands, and so on, then the United States could enter the wage-price spiral that is often at the heart of high and persistent inflation,” says UC Davis economist Jens Hilscher.

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Kenneth Foster, Purdue University
Dominique Van Der Mensbrugghe, Purdue University

Indiana agriculture experts worried about Ukraine production, exports

By: Indiana Public Radio - February 24, 2022

A Ukrainian alignment with Russia would provide Russia added food security and mineral reserves. That would result in important changes to the global economy, said Ken Foster, professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. 

Purdue Agricultural Economics Professor Dominique van der Mensbrugghe said the threat of sanctions is more dire than any time the former Soviet Union attempted to invade another country.

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Read more on: Indiana Public Radio


Carson Reeling, Purdue University

Purdue to Host Micro-Course on Consumer-Driven Changes

By: Indiana Ag Connection - February 28, 2022

During this interactive microcourse, Nicole Olynk Widmar, associate head and professor in Purdue's Department of Agricultural Economics; Candace Croney, associate vice provost for diversity, inclusion and belonging, director of the Purdue's Center for Animal Welfare Science and professor of animal behavior and well-being; and Carson Reeling, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, will guide participants in navigating the impacts of consumer-driven changes in livestock markets and agricultural policy.

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Read more on: Indiana Ag Connection


Nick Paulson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joseph Janzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University

Ukraine, Russia, and crop production

By: Ohio's Country Journal - March 1, 2022

Ukraine and Russia have become an important source for global supplies of major agricultural commodities in the past 25 years. These countries, often collectively referred to along with various other Eastern European and Central Asian nations as the Black Sea region, play an important role in the production and export of major grains (corn, wheat, and barley) and oilseeds (especially sunflower and sunflower oil. In addition to the direct toll it will take on the people of the region, the Russian invasion of Ukraine introduces many economic concerns including the impact of the conflict on global agricultural markets.

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Read more on: Ohio's Country Journal


Nick Paulson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joseph Janzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University

Ukraine, Russia, and crop production

By: Ohio's Country Journal - March 1, 2022

Ukraine and Russia have become an important source for global supplies of major agricultural commodities in the past 25 years. These countries, often collectively referred to along with various other Eastern European and Central Asian nations as the Black Sea region, play an important role in the production and export of major grains (corn, wheat, and barley) and oilseeds (especially sunflower and sunflower oil. In addition to the direct toll it will take on the people of the region, the Russian invasion of Ukraine introduces many economic concerns including the impact of the conflict on global agricultural markets.

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Read more on: Ohio's Country Journal


Laura Kalambokidis, University of Minnesota

  • Already-huge Minnesota budget surplus grows to $9.25 billion
    By: AP News - February 28, 2022
  • As budget surplus grows, debate over what to do with it intensifies
    By: MPR News - March 1, 2022
  • Can the state of Minnesota take economic action against Russia?
    By: MinnPost - March 2, 2022
  • Minnesota's projected budget surplus balloons to nearly $9.3 billion
    By: Star Tribune - February 28, 2022

Allen Featherstone, Kansas State University

Kansas farmers face volatility with wheat prices due to Ukraine war

By: KAKE - February 25, 2022

With the war in Ukraine still in the early stages, it may be sometime before any farmers know exactly what they are dealing with, according to Featherstone. "I would think kind of by the mid to late March, April time period, I think we'll have a better idea in terms of what the ultimate effects are."

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Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University
Edward Usset, University of Minnesota
William Wilson, North Dakota State University

Invasion of Ukraine ripples through the agricultural economy

By: MPR News - March 2, 2022

Ukraine produces and exports a lot of wheat, corn and sunflowers. Agricultural production has increased significantly in the past 20 years. Ukraine and Russia together export about a third of the world’s wheat.

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Amanda Countryman, Colorado State University

  • Keeping ag exports up adds to farmers and ranchers' bottom line
    By: High Plains Journal - February 25, 2022
  • What comes next for ag trade, markets after a record year?
    By: High Plains Journal - March 2, 2022

Michael Adjemian, University of Georgia

University of Georgia College of Agricultural had $686.3 million impact on state in 2021

By: Kilgore News Herald - February 26, 2022

A recent universitywide report authored by University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences economist Michael Adjemian revealed that in 2021, CAES’ economic impact on the state of Georgia was the highest since UGA began publishing the annual report in 2015.

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Joseph Janzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Russian invasion will impact U.S. agriculture

By: WCIA - February 25, 2022

“It is important to our state right here, right now,” Joe Janzen, U of I professor of agricultural economics, said.

Corn, wheat, fertilizer and oil. All major players in many Americans’ day-to-day lives.

“We already have food price inflation, agriculture commodity prices, but prices at the grocery store going up we’ve seen energy prices, gas prices are high, and this sort of says that situation isn’t going away anytime soon,” he said.

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Mariah Ehmke, USDA-Economic Research Service
Bhagyashree Katare, Purdue University
Kristen Kiesel, University of California, Davis
Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University
Jerrod Penn, Louisiana State University
Kathryn Boys, North Carolina State University
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Study Finds 40% of College Ag Students are Experiencing Depression From COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Agri Marketing, Sangri Times, The Luxury Chronicle, Seed Daily, Manhattan Week, Latin Trade, Business Class News, One News Page, Willard Post, Next Wave Group, Quertle, Intern Daily, News Blaze, Benzinga, & Street Insider - March 3, 2022

In the recently published article "U.S. Agricultural University Students' Mental Wellbeing and Resilience During the First Wave of COVID-19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders" Mariah Ehmke from the University of Wyoming, Bhagyashree Katare from Purdue University, Kristen Kiesel from the University of California, Davis, Jason Bergtold from Kansas State University, Jerrod Penn from Louisiana State University, and Kathryn Boys from North Carolina State University examine the role of personal, social, and environmental resiliency factors and resources on students' self-assessment of their mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia

Georgia Quality Cotton Awards handed out

By: Times-Georgian, Albany Herald, Henry Herald, Clayton News Daily, McDuffie Progress, Douglas County Sentinel, Victoria Advocate, Gwinnett Daily Post, Jackson Progress, KPVI, Yahoo Money, Giffin Daily News, Tifton CEO, Valdosta Today, Moultrie Observer, Yahoo Sports, & Times Enterprise - March 1, 2022

The 2021 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the recent 2022 Georgia Cotton Commission annual meeting. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia Cotton Team. Yangxuan Liu from the UGA Cotton Team conducted the analysis and presented the 2021 Georgia Quality Cotton awards at the annual meeting.

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