Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
“Why Higher Tariffs on Canadian Lumber May Not Be Enough to Stimulate Long-Term Investments in US Forestry”
By: The Conversation - October 15, 2025
“Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building sector. The U.S. imports about 40% of the softwood lumber the nation uses each year, more than 80% of that from Canada.”
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Bulat Gafarov, University of California, Davis
“California Gas Prices Could Fall Under a New Law. Will You See It at The Pump?”
By: The Sacramento Bee – October 14, 2025
“Ethanol, which is distilled from corn, is itself more expensive than crude oil. The cost reductions to producers would be indirect: Most of the savings would come from lower carbon credits and the increase in the amount of available gasoline once it’s thinned out with ethanol. He said that any benefit to consumers would be relatively short-term.
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Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
“Vote Buying: Does Household Consumption Rise During Elections?”
By: Basis Point - October 13, 2025
“Campaign-linked distributions in India, the world's largest democracy, refer to the practice where candidates or political parties provide cash, goods, gifts, or other material inducements to voters or intermediaries to secure votes. Although this practice is illegal under various laws, such as the Representation of People Act and the Indian Penal Code, it appears to be widespread, particularly in more competitive local and state-level elections.”
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Chad Hart, Iowa State University
“U.S. Soybean Producers: Trapped on the Invisible Frontline of the Trade War with China”
By: Al Dia News – October 13, 2025
“Farm bankruptcies have increased by 50% over the past year. “We’re watching small and mid-sized farms disappear, unable to withstand increasingly narrow margins,” he notes.
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Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University
“Ag & Energy Luncheon in Jamestown to Feature NDSU Crop Economist”
By: Jamestown Sun – October 14, 2025
“This year’s event will feature a presentation by Frayne Olson, Ph.D., North Dakota State University associate professor of agribusiness and applied economics. Olson serves as the crop economist and marketing specialist for NDSU Extension and as director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives.”
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William Ridley, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Devadoss, Texas Tech University
“Study: US Ag Exports Faltering from Trade Disputes, Rising Competition”
By: WWBL – October 14, 2025
“For most of recent history, the U.S. was a net agricultural exporter. But in the last couple of years, that has reversed, and what used to be a persistent surplus has turned into a persistent and growing deficit, where we’re importing much more than we export. Current projections estimate that the agricultural trade deficit will reach $49 billion by the end of 2025.”
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Cory Walters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“U.S. Farmers Are Facing The Worst Economic Downturn In At Least 50 Years”
By: Active Post – October 14, 2025
“For American farmers who export their harvests directly to Asia, the evaporation of Chinese demand for soybeans — at a time when fertilizer and other inputs have become more expensive — could potentially be devastating, and lead to bankruptcies and foreclosures... It’s just a massive shock to our markets.”
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Mykel Taylor, Auburn University
“Government Shutdown Blocks Key Cash Flow Tool for Farmers at a Critical Time”
By: Ag Web – October 25, 2025
“It sort of takes away a tool that was on the table for them to be able to pay off or pay down those operating notes in the fall and keep a good relationship with their lender. Now you’ve got the situation where they don’t have the ability to do that. And so they’re going to continue accruing interest on those operating notes.”
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