Michael Swanson

1 month ago | womeninag.com | Michael Swanson

Reprinted with permission from Wells Fargo. See the original story here. During the end of 2024, the story that the farm economy is in recession has been making the rounds throughout the media and the industry. First things first, industry sectors don’t go into recessions, rather they go through cycles. The term ‘recession’ only makes sense across the entire economy, and even there, we’ve only had four official recessions since 1982.

Dec 4, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Michael Swanson

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Nov 19, 2024 | journalpatriot.com | Michael Swanson

Food inflation continues to slow, but budgeting for Thanksgiving might be challenging for consumers still acclimating to historic food price increases. Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food Institute compared the costs between store brands (private label) and national name brands for the typical Thanksgiving menu and found a store brand menu to feed 10 people yields a savings of $17.1In several categories, name brand products are less expensive than store brands. In others, prices are almost the same.

Aug 14, 2024 | wallstreetwindow.com | Michael Swanson

A fascinating Google study of how Generation Z consumes online news provides us an insight into how living online has altered the way humans think. Years of what is now termed memetic engineering, in social media feeds, has changed the way brains function, but it is possible that this process can be reversed. Generation Z consists of people born after 1995 that are under 30 years of age.

Aug 1, 2024 | wellsfargo.com | Michael Swanson

By Michael Swanson, Ph.D., Chief Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute Grain and oilseeds are the most important, and yield the highest revenue, of all U.S. agricultural crops marketed globally. These crops impact every aspect of the food system from the cost of feed to the cost of the inputs to grow them. Since the start of COVID in the spring of 2020, grain and oilseeds have moved through a major price cycle.