Members in the News: September 9, 2024

*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. Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPR “Ruth Hill joins IFPRI as the new Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit” By: Science Magazine – September 3, 2024 “It’s my great pleasure to warmly welcome Ruth Hill as the new Director of IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit,” said Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPR.  “She brings a wealth of expertise, experience, and enthusiasm to guide IFPRI’s efforts to provide evidence-based policy solutions to build more inclusive and sustainable economic growth in agrifood markets in low- and middle-income markets.” (Continued...) Read more on: Science Magazine American Journal of Agricultural Economics “Researchers make concerning discovery after modeling phenomenon in dried-up area of massive lake: 'Historically disadvantaged communities are receiving the brunt of this'” By: The Cool Down – September 4, 2024  “A study published earlier this summer in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics by researchers from San Diego State University, University of California, Davis, and Arizona State University explained that desert winds can stir up dust created from the drying of the Salton Sea's exposed lakebed, which leads to increased air pollution in nearby communities.” (Continued...) Read more on: The Cool Down James Mintert, Purdue University “Weakening farm income prospects weigh on farmer sentiment” By: PR Newswire – September 3, 2024 "Weakness in the barometer and related indices provide a signal that farmers are concerned about the possibility of extended weakness in farm incomes, similar to what took place from 2015 to 2019," said James Mintert, the barometer's principal investigator and director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. (Continued...) Read more on: PR Newswire Maria Kalaitzandonakes, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign “Politics and Pricing in the Grocery Store” By: AgInfo.net – September 9, 2024 “Can politicians lower food prices? That was a question recently put before consumers in a survey conducted by University of Illinois researchers. Specifically, the agricultural college survey asked which political party, if any, those queried thought could help to reduce food prices in grocery stores. Maria Kalaitzandonakes is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics…" (Continued...) Read more on: AgInfo.net Paul Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Farm challenges continue” By: Agri-View – September 5, 2024 Paul Mitchell is the director of the University of Wisconsin-Renk Agribusiness Institute and a faculty member in the UW-Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He said most farmers harvesting corn only broke even this past year. And input prices have remained inflated. Combined with the USDA’s 2024 price projections being at less than break-even prices, many farmers will be in for a difficult fall and winter. (Continued...) Read more on: Agri-View Rodney Holcomb, Oklahoma State University “Holcomb named assistant director of Food and Ag Products Center” By: Oklahoma Farm Report & Morning Ag Clips – September 3, 2024 “Rodney Holcomb has been named assistant director of Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center and the McLaughlin Family Endowed Chair for Food Safety. (Continued...) Read more on: Oklahoma Farm Report & Morning Ag Clips