Monday, July 28, 2025

Members in the News: July 28, 2025

 David Ortega, Michigan State University

  • Your Morning Cup of Coffee May Get Pricier Soon. Here's Why
    By: USA Today – July 16, 2025
  • Why Tomatoes Are Becoming a Lot More Expensive
    By: TIME – July 15, 2025
  • Tomato Prices Projected to Increase as Administration Ends Trade Agreement With Mexico
    By: USA Today – July 15, 2025

Ani Katchova, The Ohio State University

Why Ohio Has Lost Hundreds of Thousands of Acres of Farmland

By: Cincinnati Edition – July 14, 2025

“We’re losing farmland all over the country. Hundreds of thousands of acres have disappeared in Ohio over the past 20 years, according to a study from the Ohio State University. On Cincinnati Edition, where it’s all going, and how a legacy farmer is keeping his land in the family.”

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Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis

Trump Is Suing to Overturn Prop 12 and Other Animal Welfare Laws

By: Good Men Project – July 20, 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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Read more on: Good Men Project


Bulat Gafarov, University of California, Davis
Jens Hilscher,
University of California, Davis

California Gas Prices Set to Soar in 2026

By: Morning Ag Clips – July 22, 2025

“These price differences between California and the rest of the United States have been gradually increasing: In 2000, the California gas price was approximately $0.25 higher than the national average, but by 2025 the difference increased to $1.50.”

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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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Read more on: Truth Dig


David Ortega, Michigan State University
Marc Bellemare,
University of Minnesota

The Surprising Reason Your Groceries Are More Expensive

By: Time - July 22, 2024

“it is important to note that climate change does not just impact weather via heat and drought, though. It's not just drought, it's floods, it's hurricanes. It can be even colder temperatures that disrupt crops or freeze and frost that are earlier or later than the normal that affect agricultural production.”

“Price increases are being felt right away, because food is perishable. You can store some—a lot of the fruits and vegetables in Mexico tend to be frozen—but a lot of stuff is shipped fresh, and the stuff that is shipped fresh is going to be reflected in the price right away. Food markets are reasonably integrated.”

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Read more on: Time


Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

Drug Pricing: What Can the U.S. Learn From Other Nations?

By: Rochester Business Journal - July 25, 2025 

“There is bipartisan consensus that drugs in the U.S. cost a lot more than in other high-income countries; therefore, it is important to comprehend how governmental interventions in other nations can inform U.S. policy. Recent research on this topic has shed valuable light on the unique market conditions of drugs, including information asymmetries, insurance-mediated demand, and the role of patents in incentivizing innovation.”

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Qingxiao Li, Louisiana State University

Newly Launched Kids’ Cereals Prioritize Taste Over Health, Fueling Obesity Concerns

By: Medscape – July 23, 2025

“One of the biggest takeaways from our study is that newly launched cereals marketed to children in the US have trended in the wrong direction nutritionally. Despite growing attention to child nutrition, the lack of nutritional improvement in this prominent food category suggests that broader dietary challenges persist.”

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Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas

What won’t Trump blame on California?

By: VOX – July 24, 2025

“What you saw was this huge amount of birds out of the system, and then we just have a shortage of eggs… 90 percent of the rise in national egg prices can be attributed to bird flu.

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Chad Hart, Iowa State University

Trump’s USDA to Scatter Half its Washington Staff to Field Offices. Critics See a Ploy to Cut Jobs

By: Julesburg Advocate – July 24, 2025

Although it’s important to be closer to farmers and ranchers. Taking those employees out of Washington risks losing an important connection to Congress. You want that balance” to ensure effective farm policy.”

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Jaime Luke, Michigan State University

Beef Prices Reach Record Highs Amid Supply Constraints and High Consumer Demand

By: WWMT - July 25, 2025 

“The current state of the market can actually be traced back to a few years ago. Right after the COVID-19 pandemic, there were notable drought conditions in the western and central parts of the country, which is where a lot of our beef cattle are located.”

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