Monday, July 31, 2023

Members in the News: July 31, 2023

 Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University

“OSU to Host Workshop Series for Producers Interested in Selling Direct To Consumer Beef”

By: Oklahoma Farm Report – July 19, 2023

During Covid, when there wasn’t a lot of meat on the shelves, there was a lot of interest in getting food locally and getting food direct from farmers and ranchers. With that came an increased demand for direct-to-consumer beef, and we really needed to help ranchers understand both the opportunities and the pitfalls with selling meat direct to consumer.”

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Zach Rutledge, Michigan State University

  • “Why Ag Labor Is a Growing Challenge Beyond the Farm”
    By: Growing Produce – July 26, 2023
  • “Understanding and Preventing Farm Employee Heat-Related Illness”
    By: Farmers Advance – July 26, 2023

David Ortega, Michigan State University

  • “Big Consumer Companies Keep Raising Prices, Complicating Fed’s Job”
    By: The New York Times – July 26, 2023
  • “Sticker Shock in Restaurants: Still There, Despite a Food Price Drop”
    By: The New York Times – July 24, 2023

David Ubilava, University of Sydney

“Top Rice Supplier India Bans Some Exports”

By: Channel News Asia – July 21, 2023

“India’s ban will drive up global prices, even if other countries such as Thailand and Vietnam step in. As rice is a major staple, countries that are relatively low and middle-income will also be hit badly. When the price of a key staple goes up, that just makes people's lives worse because we are already seeing worldwide inflationary pressures. In fact, it's one of the reasons why India has imposed this ban.”

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Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia

“From Georgia to the World”

By: Georgia Trend – July 27, 2023

“As of 2022, the current top ag export in Georgia is forest products. It’s no wonder as, according to the Georgia Forestry Association, the state leads the nation in privately owned timberlands, with more than 22 million acres of commercially available timber. Fifty percent of forest exports go to Canada, Mexico and China.”

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Holly Wang, Purdue University
Yizhou Hua,
Purdue University

“Soybean Industry Benefits from Demand for Cell-cultured Meat”

By: New Protein – July 26, 2023

“Lab-cultured meat products are already sold and consumed in the world, with some produced and supplied by U.S. firms. Domestically, lab meat just received major government approval, and so it can move very fast to the market. Mass production is expected right around the corner.”

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Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University

“Indiana Among 31 States to Join USDA in Food Price Investigation”

By: WRTV – July 27, 2023

“What we’ve seen is a long trend towards concentration in agriculture and food markets. By concentration I mean we have fewer larger firms operating various stages of food and agricultural supply chains."

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Robin Goldstein, University of California, Davis

“Best Bites: Cheers! A Toast to Valley Wineries: Where to Find the Most Delicious Local Wines”

By: Gazette Net – July 28, 2023

“The thing I love most about wine is visiting wineries – especially ones that have a great set-up for tasting, eating, drinking and entertainment. Our three main local wineries, Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield, Mineral Hills Winery in Florence, and Glendale Ridge Vineyard in Southampton, all have this in spades. Because of these three modest-sized family-owned businesses, we’ve got a wine region.”

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William Ridley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“What's Going on With Rice Exports?”

By: Marketplace – July 28, 2023

“People see some big market disruption, and they run out, they panic, they think the sky is falling, prices are going to skyrocket and they might do that in the short term. There isn’t evidence of dramatic price increases yet, at least in the United States. But even if there is a big spike, the rice market will probably settle. Prices tend to, you know, tend to mediate and fall back down to some sort of more stable equilibrium.”

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