Monday, January 27, 2025

Members in the News: January 27, 2025

Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

  • How to Improve Policing With Evidence-Based Training
    By: Rochester Beacon – January 21, 2025
  • Can Trump’s Move to Block Birthright Citizenship Survive the 14th Amendment?
    By: Medium – January 23, 2025

Thomas Marsh, Washington State University

Given The Large Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the U.S., We Should Be Concerned, for Multiple Reasons” 

By: The News Tribune – January 21, 2025

“Eggs are a subsistence food,” providing beneficial nutrients, especially for children and seniors. That’s part of the reason that we have what we call ‘habit formation.’ Even though prices change, people still will consume a certain amount of a good like eggs."

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Read more on: The News Tribune


Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, North Carolina State University

How Much Do Undocumented Immigrants Contribute to the U.S. Economy?

By: CNN – January 22, 2025

“While there are no official figures in all areas, it is well known that undocumented workers tend to focus on certain industries. They include agriculture, construction, restaurants and hotels, and which, in the event of mass deportations, is to be expected that the agricultural sector will be severely affected. The production of fruits and vegetables, milk, meat and others such as Christmas trees or flowers require a large number of workers to survive.”

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Read more on: CNN


David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley

Biotech Revolution Facilitates 'Smart Agriculture’

By: China Daily – January 7, 2025

“Policies can enhance the development of "smart agriculture. First is continued investment in life sciences and agricultural research and development and extension efforts to transfer the knowledge to practitioners. The rate of monetary return for agricultural research is much higher than market rates. And since climate change is a global challenge, it is crucial to drastically expand agricultural R&D in developing countries, enhancing their capacity to adapt and mitigate.”

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Read more on: China Daily


Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas

Egg Prices Are Soaring Again. Here’s Why and What to Expect

By: KMUW – January 21, 2025

 “The losses are a big factor in higher egg prices. One of the hard parts is there's this regional concentration of production. And so when a disease is going through and hitting farms in that area, it's gonna affect multiple farms, and that's gonna affect the supply of eggs – and that supply then will affect our prices.”

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Read more on: KMUW


Alejandro Plastina, University of Missouri-Columbia

MU Develops Subsidy Calculator to Help Farmers

By: KOMU – January 22, 2025

"Many famers had thin profits margins some people actually lost  money. So one way U.S Congress decided to help farmers was through this economic assistance paymen. It’s not about making money. It's about trying to cover the losses or pay for the higher costs that farmer face in 2024 with stagnate commodity prices."

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Read more on: KOMU


Randall Fortenbery, Washington State University

Economist to Take Closer Look at Trump Policy

By: Capital Press – January 23, 2025

"Some tariff policy is very likely, noting former Vice President Kamala Harris was also promoting tariffs, although possibly to a lesser extent than President-elect Donald Trump. No matter who was elected, we might have probably seen a change in the tariff regime.”

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Read more on: Capital Press


Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Farmers Will Continue to Face Economic Challenges the Next Ten Years

By: Hoosier Ag Today – January 23, 2025

“What we’re probably looking at as an average if we take the prices over the next 10 years it will average something near 4.30 and soybeans something near 10.00, 10.40… One is the land area and what are you going to do about cash rents, and the second one is machinery, and we’re going to have to, I think reevaluate our machinery purchases.”

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Read more on: Hoosier Ag Today


Zachariah Rutledge, Michigan State University

  • "What Next for US Dairy Workforce Under Trump"
    By: Dairy Report - January 22, 2025
"Trump’s Tariff Strategy: A Game-Changer for America’s Dairy Industry"
By: The Bullvine - January 23, 2025

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