Monday, July 11, 2022

Members in the News: Lusk, Thompson, Malone, Anderson, Reimer, Munisamy, Adjemian, Balagtas, McLaughlin, Conley, Biedny, Nivievskyi, Glauber, et al.

*Disclaimer - This email is to acknowledge citations of current AAEA members and/or their research in any public media channel. AAEA does not agree nor disagree with the views or attitudes of cited outside publications.


Jayson Lusk, Purdue University

Study shows grocery shoppers are coping with inflation

By: Farm Progress - June 06, 2022

“Increasing inflation expectations are a bit worrisome because expectations of future prices can lead to a self-fulfilling prophesy,” says Jayson Lusk, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue, who leads the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability. “However, I find it more interesting that consumers’ perceptions of how much food prices have increased over the past year is quite a bit lower than the official data.”

(Continued...)
Read more on: Farm Progress


Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas

Bird flu outbreak not seen in Arkansas

By: Arkansas Democrat Gazette  - July 6, 2022

In 2015, the virus proliferated more laterally via house-to-house spread through people, farm equipment, vehicles, or from farm-to-farm, said Jada Thompson, assistant professor of agribusiness in the University of Arkansas' Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness.

(Continued...)
Read more on: Arkansas Democrat Gazette


Trey Malone, University of Arkansas
John Anderson, University of Arkansas

New ag economist focuses on food systems, agricultural supply chains

By: The Cabin - June 29, 2022

Trey Malone, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, has spent more than a decade researching agricultural marketing issues and is now focused on developing technology that will help producers in regional food systems compete in a global marketplace.

“We are excited to have Dr. Malone joining the faculty here in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness,” department head John Anderson, who is also director of the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, said.

(Continued...)
Read more on: The Cabin


Jeffrey Reimer, Oregon State University

Economy is sending mixed signals, but could a recession be near?

By: The Bulletin - July 3, 2022

“The future is hard to predict,” said Jeffrey Reimer, Oregon State University professor in the Department of Applied Economics. “It is possible a recession could come this year or in 2023, but it would require a reversal of some current trends. A recession would mean a massive slowdown in consumer spending, declining consumer demand and prices and a reversal of the strong labor market.”

(Continued...)
Read more on: The Bulletin


Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia

UGA expert's Senate testimony calls for predictable, equitable trade policies

By: KPVI - July 2, 2022

Gopinath “Gopi” Munisamy, a distinguished professor of Agricultural Marketing and interim head of the University of Georgia Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, shared the impact of these issues last month with the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, chaired by U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, in a hearing focused on agricultural trade priorities and issues.

(Continued...)
Read more on: KPVI


Michael Adjemian, University of Georgia
Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University
Patrick McLauglin, USDA-Economic Research Service

Food Inflation during the Pandemic: Dissecting Supply Chains and Scanner Data

By: News Blaze, Benzinga, Next Wave Group, Business Chief, Roseman Solutions, Seed Daily, Business Class News, Manhattan Week, & One News Page - June 29, 2022

The first paper applies innovative techniques to decompose the various channels of inflation along the agri-food supply chain. The next paper employs scanner level data to unpack the sources of demand and supply disruption. The last paper uses scanner level information to develop measures for 'stock-out' rates and analyzes its relationship with price changes and sales patterns.

(Continued...)
Read more on: News Blaze, Benzinga, Next Wave Group, Business Chief, Roseman Solutions, Seed Daily, Business Class News, Manhattan Week, & One News Page


Kelsey Conley, USDA-Economic Research Service
Christina Biedny, Oklahoma State University

Heterogeneous Impacts of Rural Broadband and Broadband Programs

By: Benzinga, Tech Inside Out, Business Class News, Next Wave Group, Manhattan Week, Seed Daily, One News Page, & Roseman Solutions - June 30, 2022

In the 2022 AAEA Annual Meeting session "Heterogeneous Impacts of Rural Broadband and Broadband Programs" authors discuss expanding access to reliable and affordable high-speed broadband is a high priority for policy makers.

(Continued...)
Read more on: Benzinga, Tech Inside Out, Business Class News, Next Wave Group, Manhattan Week, Seed Daily, One News Page, & Roseman Solutions


Oleg Nivievskyi, Kyiv School of Economics
Joseph Glauber, IFPRI
Catherine Bertini, Global Food Security, Rockefeller Foundation

World Food Consequences of the War on Ukraine: Agricultural Documentation

By: Panhandle News Channel Nebraska, KMLK, Seed Daily, Manhattan Week, & One News Page - June 1, 2022

In the 2022 AAEA Annual Meeting session "World Food Consequences of the War on Ukraine" authors discuss how Ukraine recently accounted for about 10% of world wheat exports, 15% of world corn and world barley exports, and 50% of world sunflower oil exports.

(Continued...)
Read more on: Panhandle News Channel Nebraska, KMLK, Seed Daily, Manhattan Week, & One News Page


Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University
Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University
Brent Sohngen, The Ohio State University

Current Opportunities and Future Prospects of Carbon Markets in Agriculture and the Environment

By: WICZ, Benzinga, Street Insider, Omaha & Lincoln News Channel Nebraska, Next Wave Group, Terra Daily, News Blaze, Business Class News, Manhattan Week, & Roseman Solutions - July 5, 2022

In the 2022 AAEA Annual Meeting session "Current Opportunities and Future Prospects of Carbon Markets in Agriculture and the Environment" authors discuss carbon storage in agricultural and natural systems is a topic of increasing interest with respect to strategies to mitigate the risks of global climate change.

(Continued...)
Read more on: WICZ, Benzinga, Street Insider, Omaha & Lincoln News Channel Nebraska, Next Wave Group, Terra Daily, News Blaze, Business Class News, Manhattan Week, & Roseman Solutions


Bart Fischer, Texas A&M University
David Anderson, Texas A&M University

The United States Beef Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges

By: HTV 10, Omaha & Lincoln News Channel Nebraska, Panhandle News Channel Nebraska, KMLK, WICZ, RFD TV, Sangri Times, Manhattan Week, News Blaze, Seed Daily, One News Page, & Street Insider - July 6, 2022

In the 2022 AAEA Annual Meeting session "Issues and Challenges with the Beef Supply Chain" authors discuss how the Agricultural & Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University recently released a book titled The U.S. Beef Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges. This book was the culmination of a study on cattle markets initiated at the request of the bi-partisan leadership of the House Agriculture Committee in the 116th Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

(Continued...)
Read more on: HTV 10, Omaha & Lincoln News Channel Nebraska, Panhandle News Channel Nebraska, KMLK, WICZ, RFD TV, Sangri Times, Manhattan Week, News Blaze, Seed Daily, One News Page, & Street Insider


 Know another AAEA Member who has made statewide, national, or international news? Send a link of the article to Jessica Weister at jweister@aaea.org.

What research and topics are you working on? Want to be an expert source for journalists working on a story? Contact Allison Ware at aware@aaea.org.

No comments:

Post a Comment