Media Contacts

Online News Website, PBS News, by Dee-Ann Durbin and Anne D'Innocenzio, "What consumers can expect from import taxes as the U.S. sets new tariff rates." August 1, 2025 (reposted by ABC News)
Cornell Chronicle, "Cornell economist: ‘Most disruptive tariff moves in modern history’", July 8, 2025
Farms.Com, "Agriculture Continues to Navigate Tariffs". May 23, 2025 (reposted by AgUpdate)
WSTM by Rachel Culver, "Canadian tourism to Syracuse hit by tariffs and economic uncertainty" March 19, 2025
South China Morning Post by Ralph Jennings, "Myanmar earthquake may have disrupted China’s rare earth supplies, analysts say". April 18, 2025.
Associated Press by Wyatt Grantham-Philips. "Confusion reigns after Trump exempts electronics from new tariff regime. Here’s what we know." April 14, 2025 (reposted by Broadband Breakfast)
The Fiscal Times by Michael Rainey. "Trump Pauses Some Tariffs for 90 Days, but Raises Tariffs on China." April 19, 2025
Fresh Plaza, "Global Trump Tariffs suspended, but China tariff increased to 125%". April 10, 2025
Cornell Chronicle, "Cornell economist: In game of trade war chicken, don’t expect China to blink" April 9, 2025.
WBNG by Daniel Curren. "Experts & business owners react to ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs". April 3, 2025.
Associated Press by Wyatt Grantham-Philips. "What to know about Trump’s tariffs and their impact on businesses and Shoppers". March 4, 2025 (reposted by Chicago Tribune, the Times of India, and KCRG)
Iowa Farmer Today by Benjamin Herrold. "Ag trade crucial for U.S. farmers’ bottom lines". February 7, 2025
Yahoo Finance by Aimee Picchi. "What products could get pricer after Trump tariffs enacted?" February 3, 2025
CBS News by Aimee Picchi. "Trump hits Canada, Mexico and China with steep new tariffs, says Americans could feel "some pain" February 1, 2025 (reposted by France 24)
Cornell Chronicle. January 30, 2025. "Bracing for Trade Turbulence from Trump Tariffs"
Agri-Pulse.com by Oliver Ward. "China to Accelerate Crop Breeding amid Food Security, Trade Concerns". January 15, 2025
Bulletin-Review. "Iowa Farmland Values Increase After Three Years of Decline." January 7, 2025
Cornell Chronicle. "Top 5 Research Stories of 2024." December 18, 2024
Iowa PBS Market to Market. "Foreign Land Ownership". August 9, 2024.
Wisconsin Public Radio by Trevor Hook. "Fears of China-owned farmland in Wisconsin and US are exaggerated, new analysis suggests" July 10, 2024.
Forbes.com by Russell Flannery. "No, China is Not Buying all US Farmland." June 30, 2024
Online News Website, Reuters, by Tom Polansek, "Laid-off: Former Tyson Foods chicken farmers face high costs switching to eggs." April 30, 2024 (reposted on FastCompany, "Tyson factory closures force chicken farmers to switch to pricey egg production")
Online News Website, FarmProgress, by Ann Straudt, "What is hindering edge-of-field conservation adoption?" April 18, 2024
Online News Website, the Gazette, by Brittney Miller and Erin Jordan, "2022 Ag Census: Five things to know about Iowa." February 14, 2024
Online News Website, South China Morning Post, by Khushboo Razdan, "The food front: US farmers see sales to China picking up and hope for more." February 12, 2024
Online News Website, the Wire China, by Katrina Northrop, "The DNA Distortion: Should U.S. biotech companies be allowed to sell to China's police force?" February 4, 2024
Online News Website, Agri-News, by Martha Blum. “Changing environmental policies impacting farmland values.” January 21, 2024
Online News Website, Cornell Chronicle, by Susan Kelley. “Rice can help NYS farms profit from climate-change flooding.” December 7, 2023
Online News Website, AgUpdate.com, "Aging Owners will Impact Farmland Transfer." December 8, 2023
Online News Website, Successful Farming, by Chuck Abbott, "Foreign buyers pay a premium for U.S. farmland, says analyst." November 28, 2023
Online News Website, the Gazette, by Brittney Miller, "Breaking barriers: Women-led organizations empower Iowa's female farmland owners." June 27, 2023
TV Interview, Iowa PBS Market to Market, by Paul Yeager, "Foreign Land Ownership in Iowa." June 19, 2023
TV Interview, Iowa PBS Market to Market, by Paul Yeager, "Iowa Farmland Ownership Survey Reveals Surprises." June 19, 2023
Online News Website, the Investigate Midwest, by Erin Jordan, "Who Owns Iowa's Farmland? In Many Cases, It is Not Farmers." June 12, 2023
Radio, KMCH Mix 94.7, by Justin Roberts, "Ag Informer – ISU Releases Land Ownership Survey." June 12, 2023
Online News Website, Farm Journal, by Jenna Hoffman, "84% of Iowa Farmland Now Owned Debt-Free." June 12, 2023
Online News Website, Farm Progress, by Mike Downey, "You cannot assume landowners know what you’re talking about." June 9, 2023
Online News Website, the Gazette, by Erin Jordan, "Who Owns Iowa's Farmland?" June 9, 2023
Online News Website, Morning Ag Clips, "Iowa Farmland Trends: More Leased Land." June 9, 2023
Radio, NewsRadio 1040 WHO, by Sue Danielson, "Study: 80% Of Iowa Farmland Is Debt-Free." June 9, 2023
Online News Website, the Gazette, by Erin Jordan, "Iowa's Farm Owners Getting Older." June 9, 2023
Radio, Newsradio 1110 KFAB, by Sue Danielson, "Study: 80% Of Iowa Farmland Is Debt-Free." June 9, 2023
Online News Website, DTN Progressive Farmer, by Chris Clayton, "Iowa Study Shows Farmland Owned Debt-Free by Baby Boomers Who Like Cash Rent." June 8, 2023
Radio, AM 600 WMT Newsradio, by Sue Danielson, "Study: 80% Of Iowa Farmland Is Debt-Free." June 9, 2023
Online News Website, the China Project, by Nayda Yeh, "After decades of bans, China is beginning to plant gene-edited crops." May 18, 2023
Online News Website, Des Moines Register, "Polk County farmers fear Des Moines suburbs will gobble up." April 28, 2023
Online News Website, Quartz, by Morgan Haefner. "Egg prices: Capitalizing the coop." April 28, 2023
Radio, Finger Lakes Radio, by Ted Baker. "The economic impact of HABs". the FLX Morning Podcast. April 18, 2023
Online News Website, Quartz, by Michelle Cheng. "US egg prices are falling back to earth". April 11, 2023
Online TV News, Spectrum News, Casey Bortnick. "Discussing the rise and fall of egg prices", April 9, 2023
Online News Website, Auburnpub.com, Judy Wright. "Eco Talk: How Finger Lakes farms can help soil and save money", March 16, 2023
Online News Website, Sioux City Journal, Editor's Pick. "How might rising interest rates impact Iowa farmland values?" March 16, 2023
Online News Website, the Gazette, by Brittney Miller. "How might rising interest rates impact Iowa farmland values?" March 15, 2023
Online News Website, Best Life Online, by Abby Reinhard. "Walmart Store Sells Eggs for Just $2—Could Others Follow?" February 16, 2023
Online News Website, Wall Street Journal, by Jaewon Kang and Patrick Thomas. "Eggs Are Getting Less Expensive—for Stores, Not Shoppers." February 8, 2023
Online News Website, USA Today, by Sudiksha Kochi. “Fact check: No link between Bill Gates and chicken and egg shortage, experts say” February 2, 2023
Online News Website, Quartz, by Michelle Cheng. “Here's why a BlackRock portfolio manager says you should buy chickens” February 2, 2023
Radio, WXXI News, by Jasmin Singer. “Egg prices are skyrocketing, and egg companies are making record profits. What gives?” January 30, 2023
Newspaper, Successful Farming, by Abeer Allam. “Pro-Athletes Purchase Iowa Farmland.” January 19, 2023
Podcast, Things that Go Boom, "How Xi Jinping Plans to Fill China's 'Rice Bowls'", January 17, 2023
Online News Website, Cornell Chronicle, by Media Relations Office. “Egg prices likely to drop – but when and how low is TBD” January 24, 2023
TV Interview, WGEM (KTIV), by Matt Hoffmann, "Expert: Iowa farmland prices becoming too high to make a profit", January 12, 2023
Newspaper, Farm Progress, by Rachel Schutte, "Hot farmland prices resist interest rate hikes", January 5, 2023
TV Interview, Market to Market, by Paul Yeager, "Iowa Land Values Rise Again", January 3, 2023
Radio, RadioIowa, by Dar Danielson, "Investor involvement in Iowa farmland sales remains low", December 29, 2022
Newspaper, the Quad City Times, by Thomas Geyer, "Farmland values in Iowa, Illinois and other Midwestern states continue to soar", December 26, 2022
Newspaper, Iowa Farmer Today, by Aaron Viner, "Iowa Farmland Prices Jump in 2022", December 22, 2022
Newspaper, Des Moines Register, by Tyler Jett, "After historic growth, will Iowa farmland prices fall? What an ag expert predicts:", December 15, 2022
Online News Website, Cornell Chronicle, by Jessica Ames and Sheri Englund. “Global Public Voices fellows to speak out on democratic threats” December 5, 2022
Online News Website, Morning Ag Clips, “Even superhero farmers sometimes need help” November 10, 2022
Online News Website, World-Grain.com, by Susan Reidy. “China’s plan to build corn mill in US draws scrutiny” October 3, 2022
Online News Website, Genetic Literacy Project, by Isabella Borshoff. “China’s Syngenta pushes the edge: Can technology-driven agriculture promote a new view of sustainable farming to a world still wary of biotechnology?" September 30, 2022
Online News Website, Successful Farming, by Dan Looker. “Unusual Market Forces Drive Farmland Sales” September 22, 2022
Online News Website, the Cornell Daily Sun, by Ogden Olivas. “Inflation Reduction Act Improves Potential Research Initiative Within Cornell’s CALS school” September 12, 2022
Radio, National Public Radio, by Katie Peikes, "Farmland prices are up sharply. How did it get so expensive?", September 7, 2022
Radio, Iowa Public Radio, by Katie Peikes and Lucius Pham, "Farmland prices soar, making it even harder for young farmers to break in and grow", August 26, 2022
Newspaper, Des Moines Register, by Donnelle Eller, "Iowa State University report: Farmers paying more for fertilizer but gouging not found", June 22, 2022
Online News Website, Farm Journal, by Sara Schafer, "5 Transformations Happening in China That Will Affect Your Farm", March 14, 2022
Online News Website, AP News, by Scott McFetridge, "Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer", January 21, 2022