Professor Chad Hart was quoted in articles from KCCI, The Guardian, and The Des Moines Register.
In the KCCI article "Bird flu outbreak blamed for rise in egg prices within grocery stores" Hart said "We're short of eggs in the market; that's why prices are high. At the same time, too, we're short of eggs to rebuild the flock."
Speaking to The Guardian for the article "RFK Jr’s vow to ban syrup sows concern among corn farmers in Trump heartland," Hart said "It would be a major loss for corn producers. You’re talking almost 10% of the entire corn market. You’re looking at 1.3 to 1.4bn bushels of corn that would be displaced. That would drop prices significantly if, say, that was to happen immediately."
In the Des Moines Register article "Iowa farmers brace for a Trump trade war that last time cost them billions in lost exports," Hart said "A trade war never helps agriculture. It always hurts because we’re dependent on exports. Anything that messes up export creates a problem."
Assistant Professor Rabail Chandio spoke with Successful Farming, Iowa Public Radio, KCRG, and Wallaces Farmer.
In the Successful Farming article "Nearly 42,000 Acres of Farmland Sold to Mormon Church for $289 Million," which details a sale of 42,000 acres across 42 farms to the Mormon Church. Chandio told Successful Farming that "Given how infrequent [these types of sales] are, they don’t have an impact on the farmland values."
Speaking with Iowa Public Radio about foreign farmland ownership in the article "Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is still small but has increased, analysis shows," Chandio said that farmland holds a special place in Us society. "I guess we're really interested in monitoring the ownership in agricultural land, because agriculture really is the backbone of the Midwest, if not a whole larger part of the entire U.S. So we really want to keep it local."
In the KCRG article "More young farmers seeking college degrees despite rising tuition." Chandio said that "There’s a cycle to it. Whenever agriculture is going through a downturn, we always see more enrollment happen."
Speaking with Wallaces Farmer for the article "How to expand without squeezing working capital," which focuses on how farmers can procure down payments for loans without affecting working capital, Chandio said that most Iowa farmers are over 65. "People aged 65-plus own 66% of Iowa farmland, based on our most recent data."