Monday, August 25, 2025

Members in the News: August 25, 2025

 Richard Volpe, California Polytechnic State University

  • More Tariff Price Hikes on the Way: How It'll Impact Grocery Bills
    By: Today Show – August 6, 2025
  • How Trump's Tariffs May Make Your Coffee More Expensive
    By: Yahoo! Today – August 15, 2025
  • Food Prices on the Rise
    By: CBS Evening News – August 18, 2025

Rabail Chandio, Iowa State University

New Report Unpacks Foreign Interest and Land Leases in Iowa Farmland

By: Farm Forum – August 15, 2025

“Information is relevant for all Iowa landowners. If you own farmland in Iowa, or are thinking about buying, selling or leasing, it’s smart to understand who else has an interest in that land. This information helps give Iowa producers and landowners a clearer picture of how much land is actually foreign-held, what it’s being used for and what kinds of ownership structures are involved.”

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Read more on: Farm Forum


Wenhui Feng, Tufts University

Dollar Store Food Shopping Isn't Derailing American Diets: Study

By: ABC News – August 11, 2025

"Purchases directly from dollar stores were less healthy, but even households that bought a lot from dollar stores had overall diets similar in healthfulness to those who bought less -- suggesting they may be getting healthier options from other places.”

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Read more on: ABC News or Science Magazine, The Hill


Shuoli Zhao, University of Kentucky

UK Study: Cereals For Children Becoming Less Healthy

By: LEX 18 – August 14, 2025

"This is very big topic of children for their health intake, and food intake. It's really under the umbrella of the connections between the market, individual choices, as well as the policy that motivates people to make individual choices.”

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Read more on: LEX 18


Kenneth Burdine, University of Kentucky

Fast Food Burgers Could Soon Get More Expensive

By: Newsweek – August 15, 2025

"Beef supplies are likely to remain tight in the near future. A lot of ground beef comes from cull cows and farmers have not been culling as many cows because the calf market has been so strong. We are also not seeing a lot of heifer retention [keeping young females for breeding purposes, for clarity] yet, which will have to happen in order to see the cowherd grow in size."

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Read more on: Newsweek


Daniel Mooney, Colorado State University

Colorado River Water Conservation Program Remains Stalled in US House

By: Colorado Sun - August 20, 2025

“Flexibility is important… There are a lot of programs that recommend fallowing or land retirement, but this is saying we need some kind of middle-ground.”

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Read more on: Colorado Sun or Colorado Politics


Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia

2024 Georgia Quality Cotton Award Winners Announced

By: Farms.com – August 7, 2025

“The Georgia Quality Cotton Awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Team. Dr. Yangxuan Liu, Extension economist at the University of Georgia, conducted the analysis. Dr. Camp Hand presented the awards at the event in Statesboro on behalf of the UGA Cotton Team.”

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Read more on: Farms.com


Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

Groundwater at Breaking Point in South Asia

By: Basis Point – August 22, 2205

“India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal are the world’s largest users of groundwater. Groundwater use here is vital for agricultural growth, food security, and rural livelihoods, particularly for smallholder farmers who dominate agriculture. However, widespread subsidies on energy, diesel and electricity, and the absence of direct pricing for water have created what recent research calls a conundrum.”

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Read more on: Basis Point

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