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Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Wealth of nations: Why some are rich, others are poor – and what it means for future prosperity
By: The Conversation - June 24, 2022 - Some economists are skeptical of proposed federal gas tax holiday
By: WHAM - June 22, 2022
Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
Robin Goldstein, University of California, Davis
The Economics of Legal Weed Don't Work
By: Time - June 21, 2022
Daniel Sumner: It’s been tough. There’s still a whole lot of illegal weed out there available to that same group of consumers, and most of them choose the illegal product because it’s half the price. Also, they have been consuming the product for the last 20 to 40 years; they’ve been dealing with this guy who knows a guy and they’re reasonably happy with the product.
Robin Goldstein: In many states, the agencies are understaffed and the process is very lengthy, time-consuming and difficult for people to get through. So it can take years and years and in the meantime, they have investors, they’re burning cash and a lot of people have lost their money just by waiting.
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Ronald Rainey, University of Arkansas
Joseph Janzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University
- Lawmakers mull margin protection, permanent disaster program for crops
By: Successful Farming - June 10, 2022 - U.S. House Ag panel mulls safety net changes in farm bill amid soaring costs
By: Minnesota Reformer & Ottumwa Courier - June 9, 2022
Jada Thompson, University of Tennessee
Bird flu outbreak waning but threat of virus lingers
By: AP News - June 16, 2022
Economists expect egg and meat prices to ease this summer as farms are able build back their flocks. “I think that there is going to start being some relief,” said Jada Thompson, an agricultural economist at the University of Arkansas.
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Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Kansas Cattle Deaths Dent Millions in Farmer's Pockets
By: Newsweek - June 17, 2022
While speaking with Newsweek on Friday, Glynn Tonsor, a professor in the department of agriculture economics at Kansas State University, explained that the cost of cattle is based on weight, and the 2,000 cattle that died this week likely weighed around 1,400 pounds.
Jayson Lusk, the head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University, made a similar estimate in a statement sent to Newsweek, where he estimated that the total revenue lost from the 2,000 cattle deaths could reach $3.7 million.
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Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Extreme heat threatens U.S. herds and crops
By: Marketplace - June 22, 2022 - $3.9M USDA NIFA grant funds 'Farm of the Future'
By: Effingham Daily News & Agri-Pulse - June 7, 2022
Wendong Zhang, Cornell University
Joseph Janzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
China hungry for more
By: World Grain - June 20, 2022
“It’s always been a concern, but two shocks sparked a renewed interest: the US-China trade war and African swine fever,” said Wendong Zhang, associate professor of economics, Iowa State University. “I think that another thing that also changed is that when China used to talk about self-sufficiency in agriculture, it was mainly talking about food crops. Now they’re probably thinking more broadly, this is food products.”
“This tension between what the government says and how it acts is really interesting,” Joe Janzen, assistant professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, told World Grain. “They are clearly managing some very serious trade-offs between a desire for security and to have enough food, and to be in control and be self-sufficient. That’s in part why they have to behave opportunistically. They make decisions that are right at that time, so when they really need commodities from other parts of the world, they go get them. When they feel like the cost of that is too great, they pull back. They are constantly managing this trade off.”
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Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
NAMI against ‘costly’ 2022 beef and cattle bills
By: Meat + Poultry - June 22, 2022
“The fact that most producers and packers choose to sell cattle using alternative marketing arrangements suggests they see benefits in this form of marketing in the form of increased certainty, lower transactions costs and supply chain coordination,” said Jayson Lusk, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, in his testimony before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. “Mandating a certain percent of cattle be sold on a negotiated basis would entail some producers and packers foregoing a marketing method they currently find more desirable. That is a cost.
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David Ortega, Michigan State University
- The Unseen Reason For The Rising Price Of Food
By: Mashed - June 20, 2022 - Michigan State professor discusses why food prices are rising
By: Fox 47 News - June 16, 2022
John Anderson, University of Arkansas
Boozman, Stabenow attend Farm Bill hearing in Jonesboro
By: Delta Farm Press - June 24, 2022
“The primary concern for farm groups leading into an expected 2023 Farm Bill is, not surprisingly, record high input prices,” said John Anderson, head of agricultural economics and agribusiness for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
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Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University
- Farm Bill: Reviewing the Latest CBO Baseline
By: AgFax - June 3, 2022 - Continuous Disaster Aid Programs in U.S. Agriculture – A Policy Discussion
By: AgFax & Agri-Pulse - June 16, 2022 - Disaster aid push faces checkered history, familiar barrier
By: Agri-Pulse - June 8, 2022
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin
Economist argues for boosting ‘homegrown’ businesses over attracting out-of-state companies
By: WisBusiness News - June 16, 2022
“Going out and trying to recruit that business is not a good use of their time,” Prof. Steven Deller said yesterday during a rural innovation event held in Beloit. “Much better off working with the businesses that are already in your backyard and the entrepreneurs that are thinking of starting a business.”
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James Mintert, Purdue University
June WASDE shows slight changes to corn, soybeans
By: High Plains Journal - June 17, 2022
In his regular series of webinars on the WASDE reports, Jim Mintert, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University, said that given the wheat situation, it might be a good idea for some soybean farmers to consider double-cropping soybeans and wheat, especially those who have done so in the past.
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Eunchun Park, University of Arkansas
Ardian Harri, Mississippi State University
Keith Coble, Mississippi State University
John Anderson, University of Arkansas
Crop insurance ratings, precision agriculture focus of Arkansas agricultural economist
By: Stuttgart Daily Leader - June 22, 2022
With farmers in the national spotlight amid soaring production costs, crop risk mitigation practices like crop insurance and futures options are more important than ever for the nation’s producers of food, fiber and fuel.
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