Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia
- “The Cost
of Stress: How Financial Planning Could Save Lives on Farms”
By: Morning Ag Clips - December 21, 2025 - “The Cost
of Stress: How Financial Planning Could Save Lives on Farms”
By: Farms.com - December 19, 2025
David Ortega, Michigan
State University
Joseph Balagtas, Purdue University
“Why Are Food Prices So High?”
By: Marketplace – January 5, 2026
“Numerous factors have led to rising prices, including the disruption of supply chains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tariffs, bird flu outbreaks, adverse weather and increased consumer spending on food since the pandemic began.”
“Fish and seafood prices are up 5.2%, while frozen seafood specifically is up 11.6%. A lot of our seafood imports are from China, Vietnam and Chile, which have been subject to higher tariffs, leading to price increases in this category.”
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David Ortega, Michigan State University
“Strongman Nicolás Maduro's Out, But What's Next For Venezuela?”
By: Detroit Free Press - January 7, 2026
"Unlike Iraq, Venezuela has experience with democratically electing its leaders... While Venezuelans want to choose their leaders, they have experienced a collapse in trust in most institutions of civic life, from elections, to the military, to the police,
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Alexis Villacis, The Ohio State University
“How Much Does it Cost to Manufacture a Chocolate Bar From a Company Like Hershey?”
By: Marketplace – January 6, 2026
“When companies manufacture chocolate, most of it is sugar, especially if you’re talking about mass-produced chocolate, like a Hershey’s bar, M&Ms or a Snickers. At least 50% consists of sugar. Chocolate also requires, of course, cocoa, which can take many different forms. Sometimes it’s cocoa butter, cocoa solids, cocoa liquor or cocoa paste. Mass-produced chocolates typically contain less than a quarter of actual chocolate.”
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Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
“Runaway Beef Prices Are Hitting Jersey Shore Restaurants, Consumers”
By: app.com – December 29, 2025
"If consumers want meat protein, they are going to bid it up. Consumers are eating close to 60 pounds per person of beef a year, about 3 pounds for 4 pounds more than they consumed five years ago.”
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Zach Rutledge, Michigan State University
“Data Reveals How the Ag Labor Crisis Drives Up Food Prices”
By: Produce Market Guide – December 29, 2025
“When you have a decrease in the labor supply, that’s going to put upward pressure on farm wages, it’s going to reduce domestic production and reduce the supply of goods that are produced here in the U.S. Ultimately, in aggregate, when we look nationally, a reduced supply of production means that that’s going to put upward pressure on food prices.”
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Paul Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“As 2025 Ends, Farmers Are Still Reeling From the Shake Up of Markets and Federal Programs”
By: Iowa Public Radio – December 29, 2025
"All that farmers heard was uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty, in the midst of this troubled economic outlook. The Trump administration constantly changed who was paying higher tariffs and on what products. That caused major swings in commodity prices and had a real impact on producers' ability to plan ahead. All that farmers heard was uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty, in the midst of this troubled economic outlook.”
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Patrick Westhoff, University
of Missouri
Chad Hart, Iowa State University
Bradley Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ryan Loy, University of Arkansas
“Ag Economists Hope 2026 Can Offer an Uptick For Crop Producers”
By: High Plains Journal – January 2, 2026
“Given what we know right now, we might expect market prices to remain near current levels for corn, soybeans, wheat, and other crops. Global supplies are adequate relative to demand, so unless 2026 weather is unfavorable, there are not a lot of obvious reasons to expect a major price recovery in 2026.”
“We’re in the business to take care of us, and it behooves us to remember that. Acknowledging that conversation might not be easy. The farmer might need to say, “I have worked with you for a long time, and I’d like to continue to work with you, but I need to make sure I’m getting the best deal.”
“It really is a tale of two sectors in farming and ranching. Cattle are continuing to go like gangbusters, even after giving up some substantial prices in the past few weeks, but the crop sector is going downhill and has been doing so for about four years. Productions costs remain pretty sticky and near record levels and so margins are just tighter and tighter.”
“Several years of consecutive declining receipts have put Arkansas farmers in a difficult position, especially as production expenses continue to remain elevated and eat further into ever tightening margins.”
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Erik Katovich, University of Connecticut
“How Political Influence Shapes Agricultural Expansion in the Amazon”
By: Byteseu – January 7, 2026
“You need to clear out all the stumps, you need to buy tractors, you need to buy fertilizers, you need to hire specialized workers and technicians – it’s a challenging thing to make this transition to soybeans… You can make a lot of money, so it seems like landholders are willing to invest in political influence because otherwise it’s hard to make that transition.”
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Michael Langemeier, Purdue University
“Farmers believe America headed in right direction”
By: Capital Press – January 6, 2026
“There have been some very positive things from a policy standpoint that have happened in the past year.”
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