Farzana Shirin, University of Calgary
- “China
Deal Eases Pressure, But Research Indicates Canadian Canola Market Still
at Risk”
By: CBC Saskatchewan – January 20, 2026 - “Canadian Cannola Remains at Risk
Despite China Deal”
By: CTV – January 1, 2026 - “Despite
Deal With China, Canadian Canola Remains at Risk to External Forces:
Report”
By: MSN – January 20, 2026
Jeffrey Dorfman, North Carolina State University
“Report Warns Tariffs Could Cost NC Farms $700M, 8,000 Jobs”
By: WBT – January 13, 2026
“If exports were to fall, that would leave more supply in the American domestic market, which would mean lower prices for all producers of affected commodities, whether their commodities are exported or not.”
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Read more on: WBT or the Carolina Journal
William Ridley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“US Ag Exports Drop In Asia, But Increase In The Western Hemisphere”
By: Farms.com – January 15, 2026
“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.”
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Chad Hart, Iowa State University
“US Farm Economy Shows Widening Cracks as Costs Rise, Jobs Vanish”
By: Reuters – January 15, 2026
"It's very similar to last year, in that there really isn't a crop you can point to and go, 'There's a profit opportunity'. Everything is underwater right now."
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Read more on: Reuters
Brian Roe, The Ohio State University
- “Got a
Bunch of Holiday Leftovers? Study Shows How Freezing Food Could Reduce
Food Waste”
By: Spectrum - December 26, 2025 - “Food
Brands, Facing Volatility, Rethink R&D”
By: Financialized - January 7, 2026 - “GLP-1
Users Lose Weight, and Their Taste for Meat”
By: Sentient Media – January 8, 2026
Gabriel Lade, The Ohio State University
“Ohio Property Tax Reforms: An (Initial) View”
By: Ohio Country Journal - January 15, 2026
“The Ohio legislature recently passed four bills aimed at providing property tax “relief” to Ohioans. My big takeaway? These bills do little about current property tax, but have potentially large implications for future property taxes, and consequently, local government budgets”
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Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University
“China Meets Initial Soybean Purchase Commitment; Economist Warns Uncertainty Could Continue to Weigh on U.S. Soybean Farmers”
By: Brownfield – January 21, 2026
“Unsold export volume could continue to impact prices throughout 2026. That’s still going to be downward pressure on the prices that U.S. farmers receive at the farm gate. Those soybeans have to go somewhere on the world market. It’s probably going to push prices down going into planting and into the next harvest.”
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Read more on: Brownfield
Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
- “Net-Zero
or Clean Air? India’s Climate Challenge Is About Timing, Not Tradeoffs”
By: Basis Point Insight – January 22, 2026 - “Climate
Converse, Ep 03: Economics of Pollutions in India with Pf. Amit Batabyal”
By: Climate Converse – January 23, 2026
David Ortega, Michigan State University
- “MAHA’s
Dietary Guidelines Prioritizing Red Meat and Dairy is the K-Shaped Economy
in Action, Economist Warns: There’s Certainly Affordability Issues”
By: Fortune - January 22, 2026 - “Grocery
Price Inflation is Picking Up, Defying Trump’s Claims. Here’s Why”
By: ABC News – January 20, 2026
Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Wisconsin Has its Fewest Dairy Herds in Decades — And About the Same Number of Cows”
By: WPR - Janaury 19, 2026
“Consolidation continues to be the biggest factor shaping the number of farms in the state. The high costs farmers face to produce milk continues to make it difficult for small and mid-size farms to be profitable. That’s compounded by the fact that the average age of farmers in the state continues to grow older… If you’re in your mid-60s, it just doesn’t make sense to be operating a dairy farm with 150 cows.”
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Nicole Karwowski, Montana State University
“Water Rule Rollback Stokes Affordability Concerns”
By: E&E News – January 20, 2026
“They found that for a large public water provider serving at least 100,000 people, a single acre of wetlands could yield $200 on average in avoided annual drinking water treatment costs. Wetlands serve as a nature-based solution to water pollution in areas that deal with nutrient issues. Restoring one wetland in a subwatershed has the potential to reduce ammonia levels by 8% — this leads to significant welfare benefits to local surrounding communities.”
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Read more on: E&E News
Cory Walters, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chad Hart, Iowa State University
“China Meets Initial Soybean Purchase Goal, But Trump’s Shifting Trade Policy Could Disrupt Deal”
By: Yahoo! Finance – January 20, 2026
“That and uncertainty about trade markets and how much farmers will receive for their crops has even some of the most optimistic farmers worried. Soybean prices jumped up above $11.50 per bushel after the agreement was announced, but the price has since fallen to about $10.56 per bushel on Tuesday. So prices are close to where they were a year ago and aren’t high enough to cover most farmers’ costs.”
“The administration’s trade policy continues to change quickly, that could undermine the trade agreement with China and jeopardize the commitment by the world’s largest soybean buyer to purchase 25 million metric tons of American soybeans in each of the next three years.”
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Read more on: Yahoo! Finance
