Amitrajeet Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
“What Did The Green Revolution in India Do To Farm Size-Productivity Relationship?”
By: Basis Point Insight – June 17, 2026
“A dominant finding in development economics has been the inverse farm size-productivity relationship. Observed across multiple continents, this pattern shows that smaller farms tend to produce more output per hectare than larger farms. This counterintuitive finding (since larger farms should benefit from economies of scale) has been a central puzzle in agricultural development.”
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Zachariah Rutledge, Michigan
State University
Junjian Zhu, Michigan State University
“Michigan’s H-2A Wage Offers in First Half of Fiscal Year 2026”
By: Morning Ag Clips – June 17, 2026
“The DOL’s new H-2A wage methodology was developed in response to the discontinuation of the USDA Farm Labor Survey (FLS), which had long served as the primary source for determining AEWRs. The revised approach aims to establish more consistent, occupation- and skill-specific wage rates across states by relying on an alternative federal wage data source. By aligning wages with the skills and occupations required in agricultural production, the rule is designed to help employers maintain access to a stable workforce and help American consumers maintain access to an affordable food source.”
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David Ortega, Michigan State University
- “'Buckle
Up': Inflation Pain Could Linger Even After the Iran War Ends, Economists
Say”
By: ABC News – June 18, 2026 - “Higher
Prices For Gas, Groceries and Flights Will Likely Outlast the Iran War”
By: The Associated Press - June 16, 2026 - “No Fat
to Trim: Texas Beef Industry Profits Eaten Away By New Threat — The
Screwworm”
By: The Texas Tribune - June 16, 2026 - “As
Hormuz Crisis Eases, Gas Prices May Drop; Other Costs Like Groceries and
Home Goods Could Stay High For a While”
By: CNBC – June 6, 2026 - “The
Infuriating Rise of the $8 Ice Cream Cone”
By: Bloomberg – June 15, 2026
Shawn Arita, North Dakota State University
- “War
Hangs Over US Farmers as Fertilizer Prices Rise”
By: GV Wire – June 16, 2026 - “Mosaic
Loses $258 Million on Sulfur Shortage From Iran War”
By: Briefs Media – June 16, 2026 - “The
‘Beans, Beef and Boeing’ Show Sputters Back to Reality”
By: AGRINews – June 19, 2026
Francis Tsiboe, North Dakota State University
- “Prevented
Planting Rule Narrows Farm Risk Management Options”
By: RFD TV – June 15, 2026 - “The
Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Rule Reduces Farmer Flexibility
in Production Risk Management by Eliminating Prevented Planting Buy-up
Coverage”
By: Southern AG Today – June 11, 2026
Carlos Zurita, North Dakota State University
“NDSU Highlights Trade Opportunities for North Dakota”
By: North Dakota State Ag Connection – June 17, 2026
“Trade agreements today are no longer just about tariffs. They increasingly shape how businesses navigate standards, investment decisions, supply chains, and long-term market access.”
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Bernhard Dalheimer, Purdue University
“Ag Economist Predicts Effect of Iran War in the Grocery Store”
By: Lancaster Farming – June 15, 2026
“Right now, the pain is mostly at the producer side and not so much at the consumer side. The U.S. and Iran reached a tentative deal Monday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, pending a signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, but it’s uncertain whether the agreement will hold after several starts and stops during the course of the war. If the strait were to reopen quickly, American consumers likely wouldn’t see much downstream effect on their grocery bills.”
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Andrew Muhammad, University
of Tennessee
Charles Martinez, University of Tennessee
“Soaring US Beef Prices Likely To Rise Further Thanks To Trade Tensions And Disease Outbreaks”
By: The Conversation – June 17, 2026
“It’s summer grilling season, but for many Americans, surging prices mean beef is no longer what’s for dinner. The cost of beef, having spiked since early 2025, is coming under even more pressure. The most recent is the screwworm outbreak that hit cattle in Mexico and has now spread to the United States, where the cattle herd has already fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s, due in part to drought.”
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Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
“Tennessee Soybean Farmers Get Morale Boost From Better Prices, But Future Remains ‘Daunting’”
By: Times Free Press – June 17, 2026
“Export sales to China from January through March are up 49% compared to last year. That's explained by an increase in sales to China during the off-season in response to the trade agreement.”
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Craig Carpenter, Michigan State University
“A Trump Administration Policy Could force thousands of retailers to stop Accepting SNAP Benefits”
By: WPR – June 5, 2026
“The new rule is meant to ensure SNAP shoppers have access to healthy foods at their preferred store. But in reality, many small retailers, like convenience stores and dollar stores, will struggle to meet the new standards and maintain their ability to accept SNAP dollars.”
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Andrew Stevens, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“New USDA Rule Could Impact How Grocers Accept SNAP Benefits”
By: WKOW – June 10, 2026
“The long-term impact of the rule remains uncertain. The big open question is how challenging will it be for these retailers to satisfy the requirements of the new regulation, and is that cost going to be significant.”
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Kashi Kafle, Texas A&M University
“Commercialisation Alone Will Not Transform Agriculture: The Participation of Smallholder Families is Important”
By: The Himalayan – June 9, 2026
“The future of Nepal's agriculture does not lie in choosing between subsistence farming and large agribusiness. It lies in helping millions of smallholders become productive market participants while maintaining resilience, food security, and rural livelihoods. Commercialisation should be a tool for empowering smallholders, not a pathway for replacing them.”
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Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University
“Got Milk? Climate Change May Be Hurting Both the Quality and Quantity of America’s Supply”
By: Europe Says – June 18, 2026
“The heat-induced dilution of these valuable milk components is happening a bit under the radar. When you account for the deterioration in milk composition, the economic loss ends up being of the same order of magnitude as the yield effect, so it just basically doubles the damage.”
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Aaron Smith, University of California, Berkeley
“Disbelief as California Drivers Can’t Buy Cheaper Gas Blend That State Legalized Last Year”
By: New York Times - June 19, 2026
“Expected savings may be overstated. In an analysis for the Energy Institute at Haas, Smith said that E15 has sold for about 25 cents less per gallon than standard gas in other states but argued the discount may partly reflect weaker consumer demand rather than lower production costs.
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