Members in the News: November 20, 2023

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Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology “Tax Competition Between Cities to Attract the Creative Class: Which Way Now?” By: Medium – November 11, 2023 “Recent research shows that geographically proximate cities such as Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota or Buffalo and Rochester in New York can engage in tax competition among themselves to attract members of the creative class by providing something that this class values, namely, local public goods such as a good public transport system and crime-free neighborhoods.” (Continued...) Read More On: Medium Jonathan Coppess, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Farmers Want More Money For Crop Support Programs Included in Farm Bill” By: NPR – November 9, 2023 “You had this catastrophe on top of the economic catastrophe, which was driving farmers into bankruptcy and out of business.” (Continued...) Read More On: NPR Andrew Stevens, University of Wisconsin–Madison “Food Prices Up This Thanksgiving, But Some Bargains Exist” By: Channel 3000 – November 15, 2023 “Andrew Stevens, an assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins Live at Four to talk turkey about food prices. (Seen at 46:30) “ (Continued...) Read More On: Channel 3000 Todd Kuethe, Purdue University “22 Investigates: US Farmland At Risk” By: NBC15 – November 9, 2023 “As much land as we’ve lost in the U.S., we’ve made up for it in yields, or the amount of crop harvested per acre. As we increase scarcity, there becomes a premium. You have to bid against other uses of the land. So, if you want to keep it in agriculture production, you have to forego those gains you would get in some other use.” (Continued...) Read More On: NBC15 Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University “Thanksgiving Survey Says …” By: Agri Pulse – November 10, 2023 “We found that 79 percent of consumers plan on celebrating the holiday with a Thanksgiving meal while 13 percent do not and 9 percent are unsure.” (Continued...) Read More On: Agri Pulse or The Delmarva Farmer Michael Adjemian, University of Georgia “UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Rreports Second Record-Setting Year of State Economic Impact” By: Cleburn Times Review – November 11, 2023 “The University of Georgia’s three-part functional mission benefits the citizens of Georgia by improving their quality of life. While fulfilling this mission, UGA creates positive net economic impacts that benefit Georgians by raising incomes.” (Continued...) Read More On: Cleburn Times Review or Albany Herald Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University “Ag Economists Report Grain And Oilseed Profitability” By: Agri Marketing – November 13, 2023 “Yields no longer increase fast enough to meet the growth in use. This yield gap provides a rationale for why profitability may continue in the near future, although it is not a given. The profit transformation implies commodity program payments should be temporary, not continuous. It also raises the question, "Is crop insurance insuring too much risk?" (Continued...) Read More On: Agri Marketing Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University “Consumers Adapting To Keep Meat in Their Diets” By: National Hog Farmer – November 14, 2023 “Since the MDM survey began, there has not been a persistent change in the self-declared diet away from regularly consuming animal products. To me this indicates that while financial sentiment matters, and price is of elevated importance for many, the typical U.S. resident still seeks to keep meat in their diet.” (Continued...) Read More On: National Hog Farmer Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas “Arkansas Turkey Production Numbers Better Than U.S. Average” By: Talk Business – November 14, 2023 “The supplies are looking good, and prices are looking a lot better for the consumer than last year. We had highly pathogenic avian influenza last year. That took away a lot of our supplies and drove up the price, so consumers were pinched a little at the store along with some inflationary effects.” (Continued...) Read More On: Talk Business or Action News 5 Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis “Could Dry-Farming Wheat in San Diego Seed a Local Grain Economy?” By: Civil Eats – November 14, 2023 “Dryland wheat is likely to expand in California as scarcer water resources go to profitable crops. It makes sense instead of leaving unused fields unplanted. In good rain years, it can yield a harvest; in dryer years, it can be used for forage.” (Continued...) Read More On: Civil Eats Brady Brewer, Purdue University “Five Strategies of Profitability, Delivering Feedback and Cost of Production” By: Dairy Business – November 14, 2023 “Economic factors outside of agriculture impact agricultural profitability every year. Currently, there are many uncertainties that farmers face: inflation, interest rates, trade disruptions, technology innovations. These factors all have long term implications to the five strategic levers of profitability a farmer can pull to increase profitability for their farm.” (Continued...) Read More On: Dairy Business James Mintert, Purdue University “Tight Supplies and Pause on Cowherd Expansion Supports Higher Prices in the Future” By: Oklahoma Farm Report – November 16, 2023 “We have got a big database of farmers we tap into, in fact, if you get a call from us, you shouldn’t get a call again for at least a year. The demographics are held constant. On the crop side, we talk to corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton producers, and on the livestock side, we talk to beef, pork, and dairy producers.” (Continued...) Read More On: Oklahoma Farm Report