Monday, June 2, 2025

Members in the News: June 2, 2025


Shuoli Zhao, University of Kentucky

American Breakfast Cereals Are Becoming Less Healthy, Study Finds

By: NYT – May 31, 2025

“The findings were especially notable given evolving consumer awareness about the links between excess consumption of sugar, salt and saturated fat and chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and cancer. What’s most surprising to me is that the healthy claims made on the front of these products and the nutritional facts on the back are actually going in the opposite direction.”

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Read more on: NYT


Sawssan Boufous, New Mexico State University

Climate Extremes Slash Crop Yields, Threaten Local Agriculture

By: WRAL – May 26, 2025

“To be really, really efficient, we need to hear from producers and involve them in the decision-making process. High-tech yield monitors and artificial intelligence tools have helped push U.S. corn production to record highs over the past four decades. By mapping every acre in real time, farmers can adjust fertilizer, irrigation and pesticide applications with unprecedented precision.”

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Read more on: WRAL


Ana Claudia, West Virginia University
Munkaila Lambongang, West Virginia University

Marion County Hydrogen Hub Leaders Travel to Ohio for Inspiration

By: Yahoo! News – May 16, 2025

“Before they can build the future, the planners of Fairmont’s proposed Hydrogen Hub had to see it. Last week, members of the Hydrogen Hub project team, including Brian Redmond, traveled to Canton, Ohio to view what hydrogen as a fuel source looks like in practice. The Stark Area Regional Transit has 22 hydrogen powered buses.”

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Read more on: Yahoo! News


Richard Sexton, University of California, Davis

California Avocado Growers Say Mexican Imports Have Helped Their Sales

By: ABC News – May 28, 2025

“It’s been really wildly successful. It generates way more money than most of these other industry boards do. When you look at the growth rate in avocado consumption relative to all fruits, the difference in growth rate is dramatic.”

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Read more on: ABC News


Allen Featherstone, Kansas State University

Trade Policy, Getting a Farm Bill Passed Are Top of Mind for Kansas Rancher, K-State Professor

By: Successful Farming – May 28, 2025

“Everything there has an effect on Kansas agriculture, Featherstone said, rattling off a quick list: trade policy, energy policy, interest rates, passage of a farm bill, crop and livestock insurance, and tax policies. There’s just so much uncertainty in the air until Congress and the president begin to resolve some of those policy differences. You compound that with the fact that most of Kansas agriculture did not have good years in 2023, 2024 — most of the income, at least on crop operations, came through government payments. I would suspect once the Kansas Farm Management numbers are released that roughly 50% or more of income came from [government payments].”

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David Ortega, Michigan State University

Largest Egg Producer in Southwest Partially Shutdown: What to Know

By: Newsweek – June 6, 2025

"This is a very unfortunate situation and a stark reminder that the bird flu outbreak is still wreaking havoc on the poultry industry. The closure of Hickman's Family Farms...will have an outsized impact on egg prices and availability in the region... While national impacts may be more limited in the near term, this adds pressure to an already stressed egg supply chain.

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Read more on: Newsweek

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