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Members in the News May 5, 2025

Martin Smith, Duke University

U.S. Shrimpers Hope Tariffs Will Help Their Industry Survive

By: NPR – April 24

“We love our shrimp. We love our salmon. We eat a lot of it. We still fall short of the USDA dietary guidelines on seafood consumption… You're going to drive down seafood consumption, and that's going to be bad for cardiovascular health and overall the health of Americans.”

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David Ortega, Michigan State University
Parke Wilde, Tufts University
Trey Malone, Purdue University

Trump Says Egg Prices Are Falling. Some Experts Say the Claim is Misleading

By: ABC News – April 30, 2025

“Egg prices have been increasing at the retail level and that’s really important when assessing the claim President Trump made yesterday.”

"I encourage people who are reading the news about food prices to focus on consumer prices, not wholesale prices, because that’s what real consumers care about."

“Even as egg prices have exploded over the last year or two, we’ve actually seen really strong demand for eggs.”

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David Ortega, Michigan State University

Why Are People Snacking Less? Sales of Chips, Munchies Are Dropping

By: USA Today - April 30, 2025

"We're seeing several forces converge that are reshaping consumer snacking behavior. Price fatigue is setting in after several years of sharp increases, and there's growing uncertainty about future food costs, especially as new tariffs threaten to drive prices even higher.”

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William Ridley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Facing Trump’s Trade War, Illinois Soybean Farmers Say They’ve Seen This Before

By: Yahoo! News – April 28, 2025

“I think it’s going to be a disaster for Illinois soybean growers. A cheap form of protein, soybeans are used to make tofu and soy milk. But the soybean’s value as an export is primarily derived from its use in animal feed. China relies on soybean imports to help sustain its massive livestock industry.”

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Maria Kalaitzandonakes, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Strategies For Complying With State Ingredient Bans

By: Food Business News – April 21, 2025

“States have a lot of power constitutionally to protect the health and well-being of their citizens. However, a state-level food regulation approach can lead to a complex patchwork of regulation. That creates challenges for food manufacturers that sell their products across state lines. We wanted to examine how firms adhere to different rules across markets.”

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Rabail Chandio, Iowa State University

Iowa State Economist Describes Push and Pull on Land Values

By: Ag Update – April 19, 2025

“Tariffs — especially the kind that trigger retaliatory ones from trade partners — usually hit farm income by reducing export demand. And because land values are closely tied to income that land can generate, this will put downward pressure on farmland values.”

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Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University

Higher Grocery Prices Hit Shelves

By: AgriNews– April 26, 2025

“In our March survey, 84% of consumers tell us that food prices are high. One in five households tell us they’ve had difficulty paying for food in the last 30 days. One in four households, 27%, tell us they borrowed money over the past year in order to pay for their food. That tells us food price, food affordability, is an issue for some consumers.”

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Russell Tronstad, University of Arizona

US, Mexico Step Up Joint Efforts to Contain Flesh-Eating Parasite Outbreak

By: AZ Family – April 28, 2025

“The Mexico situation is basically exacerbating the problem if we don’t have feeder calves coming in…

The parasite targets livestock, wildlife, and, in rare cases, humans by burrowing into the skin, causing severe infections that can be fatal if left untreated. It is something that will attack people as well so it’s not something we want that’s for sure.”

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Lee Schulz, Iowa State University
Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University

Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

By: National Hog Farmer – April 29, 2205

“Cheaper corn and soybean meal, a smaller pork supply created by disease pressure and slightly better consumer demand- are we seeing some bright spots in the U.S. pork market? Where do hog prices move from here? Will macroeconomic uncertainty cause domestic meat demand to weaken?”

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Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wisconsin Home Sales Saw Double-Digit Decrease Last Month Compared to 2024

By: WPR – April 30, 2025

“The seasonality of Wisconsin’s housing market helped insulate the state from similar month-to-month declines. The dip in home sales nationally last month coincided with a slight uptick in retail sales, which could mean consumers were stocking up on items they feared could be most impacted by President Donald Trump’s tariffs.”

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