Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Members in the News: July 21, 2025

 David Ortega, Michigan State University

  • How Have Prices Changed Under Trump? Experts Explain
    By: ABC News July 8, 2025
  • Americans Are Eating Cheaper. What That Means for the Economy
    By: Barron’s – July 9, 2025
  • Orange Juice Prices Have Spiked. A 50% Brazil Tariff Will Lift Them Even Higher
    By: Barron’s – July 10, 2025

Roderick Rejesus, North Carolina State University
Zachary Brown,
North Carolina State University

Scientists Make Game-Changing Discovery That Could Revolutionize How We Grow Food: 'A Long-Term Investment'

By: The Cool Down – July 18, 2025

"There is a lot of academic literature looking at short-term effects of cover crops, but our contribution here is in thinking about cover crops as a long-term investment."

"The more you use cover crops, the fewer fertilizer inputs are needed. That effect also increased over time. So, the longer you used cover crops, the more they were able to offset nitrogen fertilizer."

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Read more on: The Cool Down


Carl Zulauf, The Ohio State University
Nick Paulson,
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Reconciliation Bill Includes Enhanced Safety Net

By: Agri-Pub News – July 12, 2025

“Our estimates use market-year prices of $4.10 for corn and $10.20 for soybeans. The 2025 yields were set at ARC-CO benchmark levels.”

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Wendiam Sawadgo, Auburn University
Ryan Loy,
University of Arkansas

Midwest Farm Economies Suffered While Some Sun Belt States Kept Rolling in Early 2025

By: Yahoo! News – July 15, 2025

“That’s because Southeastern agriculture includes more poultry and eggs, currently more profitable than the row crops that dominate in the Midwest. The divergence is expected to last, he said, with row-crop prices continuing to fall and meat and egg prices continuing to rise this year.

“Farm bankruptcies nationally came to 259 in the first three months of this year. That was more than any full year since 2021, when there were 276. Arkansas saw 15 farm bankruptcies in the first quarter, almost as many as in all of 2024, when there were 16.”

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Read more on: Yahoo! News


Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis

Trump Is Suing To Overturn Animal Welfare Laws

By: Truth Dig – July 15, 2025

“The law has resulted in higher egg prices in California, but not elsewhere. These California rules cause Californians to pay more, but have no measurable impact on eggs (or pork) in other places. Consumers and producers who buy or sell conventional eggs are largely unaffected.”

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Malek Hammami, University of Florida

Tariffs on Brazilian Imports Could Destroy Florida's Citrus Industry, Expert Warns

By: Palm Beach Post – July 16, 2025

“The tariffs on Brazil may juice demand for Florida’s home-grown fruit at first — driving up prices that growers can get. But these same tariffs may ultimately make juicing oranges an unprofitable industry… Right now, mixing Brazilian and Mexican orange concentrate with the juice of Sunshine State oranges is keeping the industry alive because hurricanes and a citrus greening disease have decimated the state’s groves, which are predominantly used to grow oranges for juice.”

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Brandon McFadden, University of Arkansas

Trump’s Cane Sugar Coca-Cola Push Could Disrupt U.S. Agriculture: Trade Group

By: MSNBC TV – July 17, 2025

“Changes in demand for corn syrup, such as that used in Coke, would increase demand for cane sugar in Louisiana and Florida, as well as from Central and South America, where the sweetener is heavily tariffed. It could force corn farmers—primarily in Iowa and Illinois—to look for business elsewhere… The exports were looking really good, but they would look even better if we were still supplying China so heavily.”

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Brenna Ellison, Purdue University

We're Tracking Grocery Prices Around Chicago Since Trump Took Office. They're Up And likely to Keep Rising

By: Chicago Sun Times – July 18, 2025

“I do think people are bracing for impact,” Brenna Ellison, an agricultural economics professor at Purdue, says.”

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Brian Roe, The Ohio State University

The Short-Term Vacation Rental Industry Has a $2.3bn Food Waste Problem

By: Ag Fund News – July 18, 2025

“This uneaten food equates to a 5% additional lodging tax “through the money they spend on food that they never eat while they’re in the Airbnb.”

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Read more on: Ag Fund News

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