Zach Rutledge, Michigan State University
- “Migrant
Farm Work Has Boomed in Michigan. The Feds Just Cut Workers’ Pay”
By: IPR - November 6, 2025 - “Tariffs,
Trade Wars And Immigration Crackdowns”
By: Isthmus – November 10, 2025 - “U.S.
Farm Wage Increases Drive Higher Produce Imports”
By: Fresh Plaza – November 10, 2025 - “Research
Ties Rising Farm Wages to Growing Dependence on Ag Imports”
By: Brownfield Ag – November 6, 2025 - “US Farm
Labor Policies Don’t Work for All Farmers”
By: Van Trump Report – November 6, 2025
Jada Thompson, University of Arkansas
“Rollins: Border Cattle Remain on Hold as U.S. Battles Screwworm Threat”
By: RFD TV – November 3, 2025
“Prevention is always less costly than reaction. So if we’re being reactionary, it is going to cost us more and be less effective than if we can prevent that disease. So, if we can [stop] the disease from entering the U.S., if we can prevent it from spreading in Mexico, if we can prevent it from getting into Mexico more, and we can move — prevention is going to be less costly in general than reaction to it.”
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Read more on: RFD TV
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Wisconsin Soybean Farmers Cautiously Optimistic About Trump’s Trade Deal With China”
By: WPR – November 3, 2025
“Farmers will likely need some sort of additional federal stimulus this year, even with the deal with China. They will need help to make the industry whole. Whether it’s Congress that’s going to act and do something, or whether Trump’s going to do it on his own, it’s not clear.”
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Read more on: WPR
David Ortega, Michigan State University
- “From Gas
to Groceries, Has Trump Kept His Promise to Tackle Rising Prices?”
By: BBC – November 5, 2025 - "Fact check: Trump Falsely Claims
It’s Only Beef, But Dozens of Groceries Have Gotten More Expensive This
Year"
By: CNN - November 7, 2025
Marin Skidmore, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Wetlands Efficiently Remove Nitrogen Pollution From Surface Water, Leading To Cost Savings For Municipalities”
By: Eurasia Review – October 29, 2025
“Many of our solutions to reduce excess nutrients focus on the stage before the nutrients reach the surface water system. However, wetlands can intervene after the nutrients have already entered the system and help with cleanup and removal. Wetlands facilitate the nitrogen cycle and can help nitrogen undergo denitrification, releasing it as N2, a harmless gas that is abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.”
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Read more on: Eurasia Review or Phys.org
Mykel Taylor, Auburn
University
Michael Langemeier, Purdue University
“Tight Margins, Tough Decisions: Farmers Face 1980s-Like”
By: Ag Web – October 28, 2025
“The numbers confirm what farmers already feel — cotton growers are deep in the red. Our Extension economists here at Auburn have put together some estimates of net returns above total costs, excluding land costs, and cotton is negative $236 an acre. And that means that if you’re paying rent, that’s even more.”
“You do see an uptick in farm retirements when you have low margins like this. We saw that back in the 2014 to 2019 period. We had some really good years in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and quite frankly, if you’re at retirement age, it’s just not as fun to farm when you have extremely low margins. We’ll have an uptick of retirements during 2025/2026.”
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Read more on: Ag Web
Allen Featherstone, Kansas State University
“Conferences to Help Farmers Navigate Tough Economy”
By: KSAL.com – October 28, 2025
“The goal of this is to help crop producers deal with the struggling economy. In 2021, only 4.4% of Kansas farmers had a negative net farm income. But in 2024, that number jumped to 28.5%. Many producers are feeling the strain.”
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Read more on: KSAL.com
Alexis Villacis, The Ohio State University
- “Chocolate
Crunch Sends Halloween Candy Prices Soaring”
By: NBC News – October 29, 2025 - “Why Your
Halloween Candy Might Cost More This Year”
By: NBC 4i – October 23, 2025 - “OSU
Expert Unwraps the Reason Behind Halloween Chocolate Price Increase”
By: Farm and Dairy – October 9, 2025
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Read more on: Yakima Herald
Michael Langemeier, Purdue University
“Trade War With China Hits Indiana Farmers Hard”
By: WISH TV – October 29, 2025
“While low prices are not new to American farmers, the current situation is exacerbated by higher production costs. Our production costs are higher, and so that’s what makes this situation relatively tough.”
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Read more on: WISH TV
Shawn Arita, North Dakota State University
"US Farmers Face $44 Billion in Losses as Costs Rise and Markets Shrink"
By: Missouri Independent – October 31, 2025
“But this squeeze is made worse by the loss of key export markets — particularly China. The tariffs are creating challenges, but it’s not fair to say they are the main culprit. Certainly, they are exacerbating the issue. The crop sector tends to follow trade cycles more closely than inflation trends. China is not going to start buying soybeans until they get something out of these negotiations.”
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