Agricultural Policy Review
Spring 2024
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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed the latest foreign agricultural land ownership law on April 9, 2024. This new legislation enhances reporting requirements, increases fines for noncompliance, and strengthens enforcement of Iowa's laws restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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With planting mostly completed and grilling season underway, USDA has provided an update on the crop and livestock outlook for the coming 12–18 months. Compared to the most recent past summers, the June World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report was less of a new news story and more of confirmation of prior trends.
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By Rabail Chandio
This is the second in a series of three articles evaluating the relationship between farm income, interest rates, and other factors and land values. The first article is available here.
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The threat of herbicide resistance is fast becoming a significant threat to US agriculture, with many chemical treatments becoming less effective, threatening yields and profitability. However, little social science research has examined farmer perspectives regarding the threat of herbicide resistant weeds and potential adaptive management practices.
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The Food and Drug Administration implemented antibiotics regulations, which involved assigning practicing veterinarians as stewards on behalf of the public. In this new role, veterinarians have become gatekeepers when weighing the benefits of antibiotics use as an input into producing plentiful food protein against the uncertain and possibly very large costs of increasing selection pressure toward resistance among bacteria.
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Increased work-from-home rates have been much more pronounced in metro than non-metro areas. Remote jobs tend to be information- and communication-intensive professional service occupations that were previously done in office settings. Workers in many fields such as manufacturing, retail, health care, and others do not have much ability to perform their jobs from home.