David Oretga, Michigan State University
“Chinese Billionaire Chen Tianqiao's $85 Million Purchase of Oregon Timberland Is Missing From Government Records, Alarming Lawmakers”
By: Daily Mail – January 16, 2024
“David Ortega, associate professor at the Department of Agriculture at Michigan State University, said it highlighted the inadequacy of self-reporting and the fact that 'there are likely missing transactions that are not being captured.”
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William Ridley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit Could Grow To Record High”
By: Marketplace – January 16, 2024
“That’s the biggest reason for the deficit. Of course, the more you import, holding your exports mostly constant, that’s going to shrink your trade surplus or create a trade deficit."
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Rabail Chandio, Iowa State University
- “Year in Review: Farmers Face Dry Fields And Delayed Farm Bill”\
By: Missouri Farmer Today – December 30, 2023 - “ISU Survey Shows Iowa's Record-High Farmland Values May Have Plateaued”
By: Iowa Public Radio – December 13, 2023
Trent Blare, International Potato Center
“Explosion Of Violence in Ecuador Shuts Down Science”
By: Science – January 13, 2024
“Hundreds of kilometers away in the capital, Quito, the International Potato Center (CIP), a prominent research center, faced a similar dilemma. “Our concern was about the safety of our staff, to figure out immediately how to get everyone home and be able to shelter in place. The city’s public transport system collapsed during Tuesday’s violence as people rushed home.”
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Rabail Chandio, Iowa State University
Mykel Taylor, Auburn University
“Farmers Still the Primary Owners of Farmland, Midwest Ag Conference Attendees Are Told”
By: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – January 17, 2024
“Older farmers own ever more of it, partly because they are the ones who can afford the increasingly expensive acreage. People age 65 and over owned two-thirds of Iowa farmland in 2022, up from under half of it in 2002. Farmers are still in the game.”
“In the U.S. the “total amount of foreign-owned or leased land in 2020 was 37.6 million acres. That’s a big number. But it’s only about 2.9% of all privately-held ag land. Where foreign farmland leasing seems to be highest, Taylor added, is in states where wind-energy development is strong.”
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Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University
“Year-End Survey Spotlights Food Safety, Age-Related Consumer Behavior, Out-Of-Stock Trends”
By: News Continue - January 12, 2024
“The proportion of consumers who would discard food decreases slightly when they know the type of date label and that the food smells and appears ‘normal. Approximately 30% and 45% of consumers indicate safety and taste, respectively, as a concern when eating foods one day past the date.”
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Margaret Lippsmeyer, Purdue University
Michael Langemeier, Purdue University
“Strategic Risk Becoming Increasingly Important For Farms”
By: Farm Week Now – January 12, 2024
“Farms that perform well and are proficient with their strategic risk management really excel in a lot of other areas across the business.”
“Strategy is very important as we move into challenging times like we have for the last few years. You need to constantly reassess your strategy. Where am I at? Where do I need to be to compete in the next five years ... That’s why this topic is so important.”
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Patrick Westhoff, University of Missouri
“Many Farm And Food Indicators Dropped Back in 2023”
By: Columbia Daily Tribune – January 14, 2023
“Average food prices are still high, but at least the rate of increase has slowed dramatically. In November, the food CPI was up just 2.9% from the same month in 2022. Products like eggs, milk and pork have seen actual retail price declines.”
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Daniel Mooney, Colorado State University
Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
”Beef Industry Benefits From High Cattle Prices; Despite Inflation Consumer Demand Remains Strong”
By: Greeley Tribune – January 16, 2024
“As prices go up, they keep more of their calves and raise them to maturity to become a cow and produce more calves. We’re at a natural low point, but then shocks to the economy and to the production system are also really important.”
“Economists looked at people’s
food-buying habits during the pandemic and since then. People are back
to spending about what they did pre-COVID on eating out. But people are
still spending more at home than they were spending for food before
COVID, even when we adjust for inflation.”
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Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University
Claudia Schmidt, Pennsylvania State
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Women Farmers Quantitatively Linked To Better Community Well-Being”
By: Science Daily – January 17, 2024
"The fact that these spillovers exist suggests having a critical mass of female farmers within a larger region, and not just within a county, has an even greater impact on regional well-being.”
"We know from previous qualitative research that women farmers tend to enter into farming for different reasons than men and often make decisions with the greater good in mind.”
"Communities with more people starting businesses tend to be more dynamic and resilient to shocks, thus enhancing community well-being.”
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Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma State University
Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University
Bart Fischer, Texas A&M University
“No New Farm Bill... Now What?”
By: Farm Progress - January 18, 2023
“A new farm bill is going to be critical for producers in the Southwest. High input costs and forecasts of commodity prices coming down create a cost-price squeeze for row crop producers. An increase in reference prices used in the calculations of both ARC and PLC payments is incredibly important for producers in our region.”
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Xuan Wei, University of Florida
Hayk Khachatryan, University of Florida
Marco Palma, Texas A&M University
Ariana Torres, Purdue University
“Exploring New Market Channels”
By: Grower Talks – January 1, 2024
“The green industry is a vibrant segment of U.S. agriculture, with significant economic contributions of $17 billion at the farm gate and $348 billion in total output, while supporting over 2.3 million jobs. With an array of different stakeholders, including growers, retailers, breeders, suppliers, landscape designers and installers, the industry has many small and family-owned businesses, and some are into their third or even fifth generation of family ownership.”
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Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University
“Just How Secure Is The Global Food Supply?”
By: Advanced Science News – January 18, 2024
“Organic agriculture is not the solution. What is more important is having an economic environment that allows new solutions to be developed. This will allow us to make agriculture more responsive to the local conditions. Agriculture is not a command-and-control sector, farm households respond to economic incentives.”
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Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University
“Analysis: Rural Families Need Broadband Subsidy Program More but Use It Less”
By: The Daily Yonder – January 18, 2024
“Regardless of the future of the ACP, there are lessons to be learned for rural broadband advocates. The program’s focus on consumer costs and increasing adoption rates answered calls for action that many of us have been making for years. But the lower adoption and slower growth of the program in rural areas speaks to additional barriers that need to be overcome.”
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