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1 week ago | 
aei.org | Angela Rachidi |James Pethokoukis |Vincent Smith |Joseph W. Glauber
Post Senate’s Agriculture Committee Reconciliation Bill Pros and Cons Op-Ed American Farmers Got a Tariff Bailout in Trump’s First Term. This Time the Money Might Not Come.
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1 month ago | 
aei.org | Angela Rachidi |Vincent Smith |Stephanie Mercier |Stéphanie Mercier |Barry K. Goodwin
Post Common-Sense SNAP Reforms Included in House Agriculture Reconciliation Proposal Report American Enterprise Institute Food Aid Cargo Preference and Sourcing Mandates: How More Rent-Seeking Legislation Could Waste Precious Resources Post SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda Report American Enterprise Institute The Chevron Decision and US Livestock Policy Report American Enterprise Institute An Aging Farm Population: Cause for Concern? Report American Enterprise Institute Why...
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
aei.org | Vincent Smith |Barry K. Goodwin |Todd Harrison |Nat Malkus
The recent outbreak of the highly infectious avian flu has disrupted agricultural markets and sent egg prices soaring, raising critical economic and public health concerns. Join AEI’s Barry K. Goodwin and Vincent H. Smith with industry and academic experts for an insightful discussion as they explore potential solutions, policy responses, and strategies to mitigate this and future animal health crises. Submit questions to or on X with #AskAEIEcon.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
aei.org | Barry K. Goodwin |Vincent Smith
Key PointsGlobal production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and outpaced world population growth between 1961 and 2022, largely because of advances in agricultural research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
aei.org | Vincent Smith |Stephanie Mercier |Stéphanie Mercier
Key PointsSince 2012, legislative and administrative changes have modestly improved the ability of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to operate humanitarian international food aid programs efficiently. Currently, 50 percent of all food aid shipments must be carried on US-flagged vessels.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
geneticliteracyproject.org | Barry Goodwin |Vincent Smith
Barry Goodwin, Vincent Smith | American Enterprise Institute (AEI) | January 9, 2025 The global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and far outpaced world population growth between 1961 and 2022 due to advances in agricultural research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Public and private investments in agricultural research and development have been instrumental in driving substantial productivity...
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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 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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Oct 16, 2024 | 
aei.org | Barry K. Goodwin |Vincent Smith
Key PointsThe recent Supreme Court decision ending Chevron deference has affirmed the primacy of the courts in rulemaking by agencies implementing congressional legislation that may be ambiguous. The Supreme Court’s decision is likely to have implications for the extent to which the US Department of Agriculture and other agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency have flexibility in rulemaking that affects the agricultural sector.
