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Foreign Interests in US Agricultural Lands: The Missing Conversations about Leasing

Mykel R. Taylor, Wendong Zhang, Festus Attah

Assistant Professor Rabail Chandio was interviewed by Ag Update for the article "Several factors go into farmland buying decisions," which examines the multitude of factors that should be considered when purchasing farmland. Chandio told Ag Update that, generally, cash rents and land values move in the same direction, and that survey results show the impact of higher interest. “Interest rate hikes were the most important factor farmers mentioned impacting the farmland market.”

Also appears in:

https://agri-trends.com/business/several-factors-go-into-farmland-buying-decisions/

Plastina publishes in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Farm Journal for the article "How Two Pig Farmers Are Winning People Over to Pork Now," which examines fluctuating demand in the US pork industry.Schulz told Farm Journal that “This is the worst annual year pork producers will ever have. We always talked about 1998 as the worst year ever, but 2023, collectively, will be worse than in 1998.”

Professor Chad Hart was interviewed by The Gazette for the story "Report: Climate change making crop failures even more costly to insure." The story focuses on a new report that the federal government is spending billions on crop failures caused by extreme weather and that amount could keep growing.Hart told The Gazette that “We spend a lot more on crop insurance these days than we ever did. They're showing more extremes there, and that's growing faster than the overall pace of crop insurance indemnities.”

Also appears in:

https://investigatemidwest.org/2023/11/02/as-extreme-weather-increasingly-threatens-crops-study-finds-taxpayers-pay-the-price/

Professor Chad Hart was interviewed by The Gazette for the story "More fall fertilizer use in Iowa could harm water quality." The story examines how Iowa farmers are applying more fertilizer in the spring than in the fall, which experts say is bad for water quality.Hart told The Gazette that "Farmers have been worried we've seen some wetter springs delaying chances for spring field work. If they are worried about that, they'll make that move (fertilizer application) in the fall."

Farm Poll Examines Farmers' Use and Opinions of Precision Agriculture

Study examines factors influencing farmers’ use of nutrient management practices

Feng participating in Agrivoltaics research project, facility ribbon cutting on October 19

A Modern View of Ukraine and an Outlook for Ukraine’s Production and Productivity of Leading Grain and Oil Crops

Dumortier named Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy editor