Brenna Ellison, Purdue University
“Public Support For Producer Payments is Strongest For Natural Disasters, According to a Recent Study”
By: RFD TV – January 27, 2025
“The recently passed Continuing Resolution funding for disaster relief and economic assistance for farmers. Raising questions about future farm policy, particularly regarding public support for financial assistance to producers.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: RFD TV
Thomas Hertel, Purdue University
“Researchers Call For Sustainable Governance as Groundwater Resources Become Scarce”
By: NSF – Novermber 26, 2024
Local groundwater sustainability policies, while well-intentioned, can lead to unintended global consequences. For instance, restrictions on water for irrigation in the U.S. is projected to shift crop production to other parts of the world, increasing environmental pressures elsewhere. Since crop yields are lower in most other regions, our findings project that such shifts could lead to cropland expansion by up to 20 million hectares globally, resulting in increased biodiversity loss, deforestation, and water pollution in these other locations."
(Continued...)
Read more on: NSF
Ram Acharya, New Mexico State University
“How Trump’s Tariffs May Affect New Mexico’s Economy”
By: Albuquerque Journal – February 1, 2025
In general, the impact of tariffs is that if we impose a 25% tariff on Mexico, they will find a way to impose tariffs on our products,” Acharya said.” Once they do that, our exports there would be expensive for Mexican consumers.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Albuquerque Journal
David Anderson, Texas A&M University
“Interest in ‘Backyard Chickens’ Spikes in St. Louis Area Amid Egg Shortage, Price Hikes”
By: First Alert 4 – February 14, 2025
“From a dollars and cents standpoint, you know, it probably doesn’t work, but I think there’s a lot of non-monetary benefits from this that people enjoy.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: First Alert 4
Jada Thompson, University
of Arkansas
David Anderson, Texas A&M University
“Egg Prices Hit New Highs as Flocks Wiped Out Over Virus”
By: The Epoch Times - February 16, 2025
“Paradoxically, panic-buying demand has been created by “higher than ever” price and the perceived shortage. Consumers are rushing to stores to buy eggs and ensure that they have them on hand in case conditions continue to deteriorate.”
“The high price currently commanded by eggs will most likely curve demand to a point where the price begins to drop, incentivizing egg producers to boost production. High prices are the signal to produce more eggs.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: The Epoch Times
Colin Andre Carter, University of California, Davis
“Trump’s Tariffs Return Uncertainty For Farmers”
By: The Gazette – February 16, 2025
“If some of (a farmer’s) machinery was getting old, they need a new tractor or combine harvester, they’re not going to buy it in this environment. They’ll delay the purchase because if we get into a large trade war, revenues are going to go down. Who knows whether they’ll be compensated this time. It’s just not a good environment to make investment decisions.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: The Gazette
Jianhui Liu, University of Florida
- “Nutrition
Labels Meant to Promote Healthy Eating Could Discourage Purchases”
By: Morning Ag Clips – February 5, 2025 - “Nutrition
labels meant to promote Healthy Eating Could Discourage Purchases"
By: Phys.org – February 5, 2025
Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University
“Farmers Are Going to Be Helped’ by Reciprocal Tariffs, Trump Says”
By: Farms.com – February 18, 2025
“These low tariffs were intentional, however, as successive administrations prioritized lower food prices for consumers. The approach was to preserve tariffs on agriculture products that the U.S. produces to limit competition to domestic industry, but to drive down tariffs on products the U.S. doesn’t produce, to reduce consumer prices.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Farms.com
Jada Thompson, University
of Arkansas
David Ortega,
Michigan State University
“Egg Prices Are at Record Highs. Can Trump Crack the Problem?”
By: ABC News – February 18, 2025
"There's always a solution, whether or not it's a good solution. At an extreme, the U.S. government could go out and buy eggs and sell them back to us cheaper and take the loss. But then the government is functioning as a wholesale intermediary, and that's not what the government's function is."
(Continued...)
Read more on: ABC News
Brandon McFadden, University of Arkansas
“New Global Survey Reveals Mixed Attitudes Toward Breakthrough Tech”
By: Forbes – February 18, 2025
“Public attitudes towards gene editing seem to be more favorable than GMOs. In lower-middle income countries, public perspectives were even more favorable, with 72% of respondents viewing NGTs in agriculture as a positive, noting their potential to address critical challenges such as food security. This is because concerns regarding food availability and the cost of food are being felt even more acutely in these parts of the world.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Forbes
David Ortega, Michigan State University
- “Where
Are Grocery Prices Hurting Most? States With Highest (and Lowest) Costs”
By: USA Today – February 21, 2025 - “Por Qué
se ha Disparado el Precio de Los Huevos en EE.UU. y Hasta Los
Supermercados Racionan Su Compra”
By: BBC Mundo – February 14, 2025
Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
“Beef Prices Hit All-Time Highs, Expected to Climb Higher in 2025”
By: KSNT – February 19, 2025
“The current cold streak impacts feedlot operators logistically making it harder to get feed to cattle and impacts performance as animals exert more effort simply staying warm. Cow-calf producers who may have cows and heifers calving here in mid-February also face challenges with newborn calves being born on very cold days impacting birthing outcomes.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: KSNT
Sunghun Lim, Louisiana State University
“Farm Foundation Announces 2025 Agricultural Fellow”
By: Farm Foundation – February 3, 2025
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Lim to our esteemed Agricultural Economics Fellowship program,” says Tim Brennan, vice president, programs and strategic impact at Farm Foundation. “His research interests in international trade and agricultural policy set the stage for a fruitful collaboration towards advancing Farm Foundation’s ongoing work in agricultural trade and international sustainability policy.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Farm Foundation
Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
“California Egg Prices at Record High as Bird Flu Decimates Farms. Relief Months Away”
By: Fresno Bee – February 20, 2025
“What we have seen for almost the last three years is that avian influenza keeps coming back. And what we have done is control it with depopulation, and that has worked in the past. But this time, that isn’t happening.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Fresno Bee
Valerie Kilders, Purdue University
“Egg prices reach $4.95 national average in January”
By: Brownfield – February 20, 2025
“The Index for eggs was up 15% in January. That’s the largest increase that we’ve seen for the eggs index since June of 2015. We really are seeing an almost nine and a half to 10-year high increase within the egg prices over the last month. The index showed the average price was $4.95 per dozen eggs and she’s concerned about the impact on consumers. That’s a big increase. We’re closing in on double the price for consumers for a dozen eggs. The increases have been driven by the avian influenza crisis. The high prices are great incentives for impacted facilities to return to production quickly.”
(Continued...)
Read more on: Brownfield
