Monday, March 3, 2025

Members in the News: March 3, 2025

Rabail Chandio , Iowa State University

Nearly 42,000 Acres of Farmland Sold to Mormon Church for $289 Million

By: Successful Farming – January 24, 2025

“The purchase of farmland by Farmland Reserve doesn’t necessarily indicate a trend of farmland being bought by investors. There’s always a fraction of sales that are accounted for by investors. Something like this comes up every now and again.”

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Read more on: Successful Farming


Levan Elbakidze, West Virginia University

  • Reaching Gulf Dead Zone Reduction Goals Will Cost $7 Billion, Study Finds
    By: Louisiana Illuminator – February 3, 2025
  • Researchers Examine Economic Impacts of Aquatic Dead Zones
    By: News Wise -  January 30, 2025

Chad Hart, Iowa State University

Soybean Growers Look to Buck Headwinds

By: High Plains Journal  - February 21, 2025

“Producers will need to watch for signals in the upcoming months, and that includes watching China and Mexico. The soybean market will definitely swing with the imposition of tariffs. China is the largest export market for U.S. soybeans, and Mexico is the third largest. The talk of tariffs has weighed down on soybean prices.”

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Read more on: High Plains Journal 


Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas

  • Tennessee Poultry Industry Not as Hard-Hit By Avian Flu, Data Show
    By: Tennessee Outlook – February 21, 2025
  • Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?
    By: DNYUZ – February 25, 2025
  • "Why Aren't Chicken-meat Prices Rising Like Egg Prices?"
    By: NTD News - February 27, 2025

Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University
Chad Hart,
Iowa State University

American Farmers To Plant More Corn, Seeking Best Chance at Profits

By: Reuters – February 26, 2025

"When you look at relative profitability, corn is winning the acreage battle.”

“Some farmers may be able to earn "a nickel or two" on every bushel of corn. But for soybeans and other crops, prices have fallen below the cost of production. Right now, given what cost structures look like, corn has the best pathway to make a little profit in 2025."

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Read more on: Reuters  


Carrie Litkowski, USDA - Economic Research Service

Soybean Growers Look to Buck Headwinds

By: High Plains Journal – February 21, 2025

“Carrie Litkowski, a senior economist and program leader in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s resource and rural economics division, the farm income team leader, noted that in 2025, grain total cash receipts from commodity sales are expected to decline about $1.8 billion. A silver lining is that total production costs are expected to decline by $2.5 billion.”

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Read more on: High Plains Journal


Jeffrey Alwang, Virginia Tech

Trump’s Tariffs: The Cost of America First on Your Grocery Bill

By: The News Feed NRV – February 24, 2025

“The estimated poverty rate in the NRV is about 19%, almost double the rate for Virginia as a whole.  Poor people spend about 33% of after-tax incomes on food (compared to about 14% for the median household.”

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Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University

Egg Inflation, Shortage Stressing College Station Businesses

By: KBTX – February 26, 2025

“Egg inflation is back in grocery stores, with prices at about 70% higher than they were a year ago. The egg shortage is linked to the pervasive avian influenza, most widely known as the bird flu. Once bird flu is detected on a farm, the farm is quarantined, and the birds are taken out of production. Egg production at the end of 2024 was about 3% lower than at the same time in 2023.

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Jennifer Ifft, Kansas State University

K-State Agricultural Economists Explain Farm Bill and crop Insurance Options

By: Great Bend Tribune – February 27, 2025

“Farmers also have options to purchase county-level crop insurance on top of their individual insurance coverage, but they’re going to cost more and often don’t pay out until the year after the crop is harvested. These programs are designed so that the producer comes out ahead in the long run, but you are going to be paying a higher premium, and might go a couple years without a payment.”

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Read more on: Great Bend Tribune


Ziwei Ye, Renmin University

Midwestern Field Trials Suggest Overuse Of Rootworm-Resistant Corn Reduces Farmers’ Profits

By: Eurasia Review – February 18, 2025

"These lessons should be applied to as-yet undefined new transgenic trait technologies for in-plant protection. Ziwei Ye advised against going back to insecticides, such as organophosphates and pyrethroids, for rootworm control. The Bt technology is and was a net benefit that helps safeguard beneficial organisms and soil ecosystems and enhance drought tolerance. These are increasingly appreciated as key resources in feeding the growing world population as our climate changes.”

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Read more on: Eurasia Review


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