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Nov 25, 2024 | 
aei.org | Roger Cryan |Joseph W. Glauber |Vincent Smith |Robert Doar
Join us on December 4 for an online panel that will explore the future of US farm policy and discuss critical challenges and opportunities shaping agriculture and federal spending. With AEI’s Vincent H. Smith moderating, the presenters will include Roger Cryan of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who will speak on farm subsidies; AEI’s Joseph W.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
csis.org | Caitlin Welsh |Joseph W. Glauber |Emma Dodd
Russia’s recent attacks on Greater Odesa port infrastructure and grain-carrying vessels in the Black Sea marked the most intense attacks on Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure in over a year. In September, according to the United Nations, Russian attacks damaged grain infrastructure and six civilian vessels in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
aei.org | Sally Satel |Naomi Schaefer Riley |Vincent Smith |Joseph W. Glauber
The opioid crisis has had a devastating effect on families, with parental addiction driving high rates of family involvement with the child welfare system. How can recent innovations in addiction treatment offer a pathway toward family stability and recovery?
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
aei.org | Vincent Smith |Joseph W. Glauber
Key PointsThe 2024 presidential candidates from both major parties have prioritized food price inflation as a key campaign issue, though their explanations about the causes of higher food prices seem to overlook the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food supply chains and global inflationary pressures.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
cgiar.org | Joseph W. Glauber
The United States is the world’s second largest export destination for agricultural goods after China. The impending U.S. longshoreman and port operator strike—likely to begin at midnight September 30 barring a last-minute resolution—could have significant consequences for developing countries, particularly for those that typically ship a majority of exports to ports on the U.S. East and Gulf of Mexico Coasts where the strikes will be targeted.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Anna Weekes |Natasha Joseph |Channing Arndt |James Thurlow |Jan Duchoslav |Joachim De Weerdt | +6 more
Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all been affected by the drought. Crop failures in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – the largest maize producers in southern Africa – have destabilised food security in the whole region.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
aei.org | Eric Belasco |Joseph W. Glauber
Key PointsPrimary farm operator ages are increasing, but at a rate slower than US life expectancy trends, and they do not present an immediate danger to the availability of agricultural products or farmland production. Farms classified as midsize and larger represent around 10 percent of all farms and 80 percent of production and have substantially younger primary operators than farms classified as small family farm operations.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
csis.org | Thibault Denamiel |Emma Dodd |Joseph W. Glauber |William Reinsch
IntroductionDevelopments in agriculture and transportation over the last century have shifted global diets from traditional to staple crops, largely concentrating the source of populations’ nutritional and caloric needs to a limited number of producing countries. Three staple crops—rice, corn, and wheat—now provide more than 40 percent of global caloric intake.
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May 29, 2024 | 
aei.org | Joseph W. Glauber |Barry Goodwin |Vincent Smith |Robert Doar
Farm and ranch households have incomes well above the national median, and the sector is in a strong financial position as commodity prices remain high even after falling from historic levels in 2022. Still, a farm bill recently put forward by the House Committee on Agriculture would increase farm subsidies by an estimated $50–$53 billion over the next 10 years.
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May 2, 2024 | 
csis.org | Emma Dodd |Caitlin Welsh |Joseph W. Glauber
High-level policymakers have recently asserted that Ukraine’s grain and oilseed exports are meeting and exceeding pre-war export levels. Data show that this is not the case. Ukrainian farmers deserve credit for sustaining Ukraine’s agriculture sector throughout the war and for significantly increasing Ukraine’s grain and oilseed exports in recent months. But overstating the nature of Ukraine’s agricultural exports risks implying that Ukraine’s agriculture sector has rebounded.
