Members in the News: September 15, 2025

Christopher Wolf, Cornell University “US Farmers Are Being Squeezed - and it's Testing Their Deep Loyalty to Trump” By: BBC – September 14, 2025 "China is just so big that when they buy things, it matters - and when they don't, it matters. The cost of fertiliser has rocketed, too - partly because of trade disputes with Canada, which has raised the cost of potash, a salt imported from Canada by American farmers and used in fertiliser.” (Continued...) Read more on: BBC Richard Volpe, California Polytechnic State University “Recalling 9/11 at the NYSE, How Tariffs Are Impacting Food Prices” By: Yahoo! News – September 11, 2025 (Continued...) Read more on: Yahoo! News Zach Rutledge, Michigan State University “Farmers Advocate for Reform, Workers Fight for Survival Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown” By: News 21 – September 4, 2025 “Farm Labor Survey Nixed” By: Brownfield – September 5, 2025 Will Maples, Mississippi State University “Weather, Heavy Production Costs and Tariffs Rattle Mississippi’s Cotton Industry” By: MPB – September 10, 2025 “We are down this year compared to last year, by a good bit. Last year, we planted like 520,000 acres. This year, we've planted 330,000 acres. So across the board, it's gonna be a smaller crop in the state.” (Continued...) Read more on: MPB David Ortega, Michigan State University “Foreign Investors in Agriculture Say U.S. Tariffs Could Wipe Them Out—And They May Test America in Global Court” By: Fortune – September 11, 2025 “Brazil is the largest producer of coffee. They’re a major source of our coffee imports, and they’re currently facing 50% tariffs,” Ortega said. “So that’s raising the cost of product, the cost of importing the coffee into the US, and having very significant impacts on roasters here, but also on producers in Brazil who no longer have tariff-or-duty-free access to the US market.” (Continued...) Read more on: Fortune Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University “Widespread Confusion Among US Consumers Around Food Insecurity” By: Ingredients Network – September 9, 2025 “Americans Support AI in Farming But Demand Transparency” By: National Hog Farmer – September 10, 2025 Christopher Barrett, Cornell University “As Farm Jobs Decline, Food Industry Work Holds Steady” By: Press-News.org – September 10, 2025 “These shifts are driven more by consumer demand than by improvements in agricultural productivity. As incomes rise, people demand more convenience, safety and diversity in their diets. That creates a huge pull for workers into food processing, retail, restaurants and transportation – not just into manufacturing.” (Continued...) Read more on: Press-News.org William Maples, Mississippi State University “Weather, Heavy Production Costs and Tariffs Rattle Mississippi’s Cotton Industry” By: MPB – September 10, 2025 “This year's cotton crop, it got off to a rough start. We had a very wet spring, a lot of rain throughout planting season that put a lot of folks behind across the state, really. There is also far fewer acreage being used for cotton crops in Mississippi this year. We are down this year compared to last year, by a good bit. Last year, we planted like 520,000 acres. This year, we've planted 330,000 acres. So across the board, it's gonna be a smaller crop in the state.” (Continued...) Read more on: MPB Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis “Farmers Are Struggling Under Donald Trump” By: Newsweek – September "The current policy regime is likely positive for reducing farm regulations… Generally, farms expect lower environmental regulatory pressure, either from legal interpretations from the [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] or reduced enforcement.” (Continued...) Read more on: Newsweek