Amit Batabyal, Rochester
Institute of Technology
“The
Education Level of Disabled Veterans Greatly Affects Their Children’s
Schooling”
By: Medium
– April 2, 2024
“There
is an elaborate bureaucracy in the United States to assist disabled veterans
in a variety of ways. In Rochester and more generally in Monroe County, New
York, there are several organizations that seek to assist disabled veterans
with things like job training, health and wellness, and legal counseling.”
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Sungeun Yoon, University
of Florida
“Florida
OJ Industry Weathers Compounding Pressures”
By: South
Central Florida Life – March 25, 2024
“It was
reassuring to observe the relatively constant shares of consumers who
purchased OJ in the past 30 days and who have a positive perception of OJ
during the inflationary period. This signals the possibility of higher OJ
demand once the OJ price level stabilizes.”
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Martin Smith, Duke
University
“Despite
Climate Change, Coastal Property Values Are on the Rise. Researchers Point to
Two Reasons”
By: WUNC
91.5 – March 29, 2024
"Wealthier
and wealthier people continue to move into these [coastal] communities. And
that continues to bid up housing prices in the coastal zone, despite the
escalating risks that we see. Part of this process is also the tax
incentives. And on top of all of that, we're subsidizing the management of
beaches and the defense of our shorelines... [which] is propping up those
real estate values as well."
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Brian Roe, The
Ohio State University
“783
Million People Face Chronic Hunger. Yet the World Wastes 19% of Its Food, UN
Says”
By: CBS
42 – March 27, 2024
“The key
takeaway is that reducing the amount of food that is wasted is an avenue that
can lead to many desirable outcomes — resource conservation, fewer
environmental damages, greater food security, and more land for uses other
than as landfills and food production,” said Roe, who wasn’t involved in the
report.”
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Joseph Balagtas, Purdue
University
“Despite
Data Suggesting Otherwise, Consumers Believe Food Prices Still Rising Sharply”
By: Yahoo!
Finance – March 29, 2024
“As
anyone who's done any shopping at all in the last few years, prices across
the economy have risen. That makes things less affordable, makes it harder to
stay within your budget, and just makes life more difficult. Food prices have
been no exception."
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Maria Kalaitzandonakes, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“What’s a Good Egg? Learn What Free Range, Cage Free
Really Mean on Labels”
By: Chicago
Sun Times – April 2, 2024
“Some
labels don't mean anything,. Eggs labeled "natural" don't have any
requirements associated with it, and cartons touting no hormones is not a
useful label as hormones are not given to egg laying hens.”
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Luyi Han, Pennsylvania
State University
Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania
State University
Zheng Tian, Pennsylvania State University
“Innovation
Linked to International Exports for Both Rural and Urban Firms”
By: Farms.com
– April 2, 2024
“Our
previous work identified key factors that appear to foster innovation within
firms. In this study, we wanted to know whether innovation, in turn, might
also foster export behavior after controlling for other factors that
contribute to export decisions. Our study is the first to examine this
question using firm-level data in the U.S., and it provides some much-needed
context about the U.S. firms that are active in non-farm export markets.”
“Being
competitive in the global market is of national importance, but especially so
for rural areas where manufacturing accounts for a much larger share of
employment than in urban areas. We found that the influence of innovation was
just as strong among rural firms as among their urban counterparts, which
suggests that fostering innovation may be one way to enhance export activity
among rural firms.”
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Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma
State University
“End of
Internet Subsidies For Low-Income Households Threatens Access to Telehealth”
By: Marketplace
– April 2, 2024
“A big
barrier for this program generally was people don’t know about it. Rural
households should be signing up at even higher rates than urban ones because
a higher percentage of them are eligible. Yet people found signing up for the
program laborious.”
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Steven Deller, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
"Northland College Contributes Millions to AC’s Economy;
Employers Worry About Potential Losses if College Closes"
By:
Ashland Daily Press
- April 1, 2024
“Northland
brings money into the local economy— you’re looking at 2.5% of the county’s
economy. Is that a big hole or a little hole— that’s up to locals to decide.
A student who lives on campus may have very modest off campus spending, but
students who live off campus could spend substantially more. Still, students
tend to have limited income, so the level of this spending would be
modest."
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Glynn Tonsor, Kansas
State University
“Pork
Chops Continue to Be Meat Demand Monitor Wild Card”
By: National
Hog Farmer – April 4, 2024
“Current
consumer demand for pork chops is one of the least well-understood facets of
domestic meat demand. While the product is well understood by nutritionists
and other experts, exactly how U.S. consumers view and approach pork chops
remains worthy of further assessment. While this needs to be cross confirmed,
it is very possible that many U.S. residents feel unsure of their ability to
comfortably prepare available pork chops at home in a way that confidently
leads to a high-quality eating experience. They may alternatively believe
chefs at restaurants are better equipped.”
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James Mintert, Purdue
University
“Farmers
Express Optimism In Purdue's Latest Ag Economy Barometer”
By: Ag
Economy – April 4, 2024
“All of
the increase was attributable to people becoming more optimistic about the
future. The future expectation index was up five points compared to last
month, and that was seven points higher than a year ago. So, it really had to
outweigh the fact that the current condition index was actually down a little
bit compared to last month and down substantially compared to last year. That
was interesting.”
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Jean Claude Bizimana, Texas
A&M University
Samuel Zapata, Texas A&M University
Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie, Texas A&M University
“New
Modeling App to Assist Farmers in Forecasting”
By: Austin
County News - April 4
“We’ll
be recruiting farmers for feedback. We’re in the early stages of the project,
but we all understand the value a tool like this represents for growers,
especially smaller operations, to capitalize on opportunities and avoid major
setbacks.”
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Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma
State University
“Bird
Flu Outbreak May Affect Egg Prices”
By: Specialty
Food News – April 4, 2024
"Any
time you have an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a large
poultry producer like this, it has the potential to impact the market,
because you're taking a large number of egg-laying birds out of production
all at once.”
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Charlotte Janssens, KU
Leuven
“Coping
With Climate Extremes Through Storage and Trade: Evidence From Sub-Saharan
Africa”
By: Economics
That Really Matter – April 4, 024
“I find
that in the event of both extreme dry and wet conditions, the likelihood of
food insecurity increases, but with heterogeneity across agro-ecological
zones. Extreme dry conditions are particularly detrimental in arid zones,
while extreme wet conditions are detrimental in humid zones. Next, I
investigate whether the impact of climate extremes changes with regions’
market access. I use travel times to the closest city and to the closest port
as measures of local and international market access, respectively.”
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