David Ortega, Michigan State University
“Americans are Worried About Grocery Prices Again, and They’re Making Changes”
By: CNN – August 9, 2025
“The poll results reflect unmet expectations over Trump’s pledges on grocery prices and consumer uncertainty around the direction of the economy… Consumers pay close attention to store prices and grocery bills shape their overall perceptions of the economy. We’re coming out of an inflationary period. People’s budgets are strained.
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Wendong Zhang, Cornell University
“The Financial Week Ahead: Trade Tensions, Economic Signals, and Tech Titans”
By: AI Invest – August 3, 2025
“Prices are still going up, just not as much as in the worst-case scenario. American consumers will inevitably shoulder part of this tax burden, even if it’s less than feared.”
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Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- "Here & Now' Highlights: Steven
Deller"
By: PBS Wisconsin - August 8, 2025 - "Last Day of 2025 Wisconsin State
Fair Canceled After Severe Storms Cause Flooding, Power Outages Around
Milwaukee"
By: PBS Wisconsin - August 10, 2025
Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
“Benefits for Colorado, Blow to Department Workforce Foreseen in USDA Relocation”
By: Kiowa County Press – July 30, 2025
“Although the move will bring more experts and resources to Fort Collins, it will also mean turnover at the USDA… I think there’s a lot to be said for the USDA being more locally organized, and it will benefit my grad students, having so much more of the talent affiliated with USDA in our backyard.”
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Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis
“California’s Central Valley is Fertile Ground for Agtech Experimentation”
By: The Sacramento Bee – August 5, 2025
“There are few truly small farms left that are aiming to turn significant profits. The operations that can afford and benefit from agrobotics are mid-to-large farms that can secure loans for equipment purchases. For these operations, the math often works: well-designed technology typically pays for itself within a single growing season through increased productivity.”
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Jeffrey Dorfman, North Carolina State University
"U.S. Ag Economy Outlook: Stable but Challenging for Farmers"
By: SouthEast Ag Net - July 4, 2025
"Supply chains are mostly back to normal, giving the broader economy a solid footing. However, housing remains a concern. He described it as a “two-fold problem” — there aren’t enough existing homes for sale, and new builds are often too expensive. While he expects interest rates to decline gradually through 2025, the pace will be slow."
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Rabail Chandio, Iowa State University
"Iowa Farmland Consolidation Expected to Grow as State Faces 'Tidal Wave' of Transition"
By: Des Moines Register - August 5, 2025
"Driving farmland consolidation is the massive investment needed to farm today...When you invest in large equipment, it costs millions of dollars. That cost only makes sense if divided over a whole lot of acres... Farming is going to become even more concentrated, t’s the only way to make money, with the investment (needed) in equipment and precision ag.”
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