Jared Hutchins

Dec 5, 2024 | worksinprogress.co | Salim Furth |Ben Hopkinson |Virginia Postrel |Jared Hutchins

25 Mins What do cryogenics, butterfat tests, and genetic data have in common? They’re some of the reasons behind the world’s most productive dairy cows. Here’s how it all started. No matter where you are in the world, there’s a good chance the milk or cheese you’re buying is the product of the US dairy industry. Even if it didn’t come from American cattle, the cow that produced the milk could well have been inseminated by an American bull.

Dec 5, 2024 | mercatus.org | Jared Hutchins |Niko McCarty |Xander Balwit |Virginia Postrel

24 Mins Why do high-cost cities have more homelessness? It’s not just about rents — it’s also about the rooms friends and family can’t afford to share. Diona’s mom gave her one week’s notice. There were too many kids and too little space. If 17-year-old Diona didn’t find someone to stay with, she would be forced to check herself and her 3-month-old son into a homeless shelter. Because she was a minor, doing so would put her baby ‘into the system’. She was determined not to let that happen.

Sep 1, 2023 | farms.com | Jonathan Coppess |Jared Hutchins

By Jonathan Coppess and Jared HutchinsDuring debate on the Farm Bill in 1956, Senator Clinton Anderson (D-NM), who had been Secretary of Agriculture in the Truman Administration, argued against continuation of the New Deal era parity farm support policy that combined price supports with acreage controls.