Monday, March 31, 2025

Members in the News: March 31, 2025

 Grant Gardner, University of Kentucky

’Getting More Jittery': How Trump Tariffs Could Affect Kentucky Farmers

By: Courier Journal -  March 24, 2025

“Regardless of political perspective, tariffs disrupt free trade, undermining comparative advantage and efficiency. In many cases, U.S. agriculture bears the brunt of these actions.”

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Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

What if Canada Retaliates For Trump’s Tariffs?

By: Rochester Beacon – March 25, 2025

“By way of responding to President Donald Trump’s pointless tariff war with Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford briefly imposed and, after having gotten Trump’s attention, withdrew a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. Since it is unclear whether Trump will relent any time soon as far as tariffs on Canada are concerned, it is worth pondering how New York would be affected if Ford were to really impose a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports from Ontario into our state.”

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William Ridley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Stock Market Numbers Fluctuate, Resulting in Concerns For Investors And 401k Holders

By: WAND News – March 17, 2025

"You see it going really far down. You see it rebounding the next day. What's the source of that uncertainty? I think it relates to the policy environment in the United States.”

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Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University

Farmers Are Reeling From Trump’s Attacks on Agricultural Research

By: Grist – March 25, 2025

“If the current investment trend doesn’t change, the costly impacts of warming, including higher inputs, reduced yields, and supply chain shocks, will result in lower productivity, leading to more government bailouts and increased U.S. reliance on other countries for food. Without action, agricultural productivity is estimated to drop up to 12 percent with each passing year by 2050. This will cost the U.S. economy billions annually. American farms contributed roughly $222.3 billion to the economy in 2023 alone.”

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David Ortega, Michigan State University

  • Tariffs Won’t Just Hit Your Wallet. They Could Also Increase Food Waste
    By: Grist – March 28, 2025
  • 10 Products That May Get More Expensive Due to Tariffs
    By: AARP – March 27, 2025
  • How Trump's Trade War Could Affect the Cost of Your Breakfast
    By: Business Insider – March 22, 2025

Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Canadian Government Takes Anti-Tariff Message to Wisconsin’s Highways

By: WPR – March 28, 2025

“I can’t think of a single time that another government has taken a very proactive kind of marketing campaign like this. I think it’s extreme nervousness about how these tariffs will disrupt trade.”

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Courtney Bir, Oklahoma State University

Record Keeping an Important Part of Cow Herd Management

By: High Plains Journal – March 21, 2025

“In an ideal world you would keep track of everything, but we understand people may not have time or the ability to do that. Understanding what goals or needs you may have will help you decide which records you want to.” 

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Wade Brorsen, Oklahoma State University

Got Beef? Advocates, Experts Weigh in Amid Debate Over Cultivated Meat Products

By: OkcFox – March 25, 2025

“The current lack of cultivated meat products available in Oklahoma and dismissed them as an immediate threat to the ranching industry. If they got everything right... it would still be ten times the cost of beef. But right now it's way more costly than that."

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John Beghin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Trump’s Trade War Is Entering a New Phase. Farmers Are on the Front Lines

By: Barrons – March 27, 2025

“The trade war could cost U.S. farmers market share. Trade disputes with the U.S. have already led China to seek to rely much less on U.S. soybeans in favor of those grown in Brazil.”

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Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma State University

U.S. Sees Large Rise in Border Seizures of Eggs, While Fentanyl Rate Falls

By: ESIU – March 28, 2025

“With large complexes holding more than a million birds each, it takes fewer egg-laying operations being affected by HPAI to drive up the price of eggs and egg products.”

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