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The Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor survey, a joint effort between Farm Journal and agricultural policy research centers at the University of Missouri, launches with results from its first monthly survey. Questions were sent to nearly 60 agricultural economists nationwide to gauge perspectives on important drivers of agriculture and provide unique, timely insights that affect stakeholders at all levels of the industry.
Celebrating the 4th of July with a cookout will cost significantly more than two years ago, although prices have fallen slightly from record highs in 2022. Families will pay $67.73 to host an Independence Day cookout with 10 family members or friends, based on the 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation marketbasket survey.
Dan Basse of Chicago, Illinois, president of AgResource Company, has been elected chair of the Farm Foundation Board of Directors. Basse, who will serve a two-year term, succeeds Jerome Lyman, a retired executive of McDonald’s Corporation.
John Linder, an Ohio corn grower and former president of the National Corn Growers Association, was elected to serve as president of MAIZALL, an international farmer’s organization that focuses on eliminating regulatory obstacles to innovation in agriculture. The group contains members from the U.S., Brazil and Argentina.
The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska recently named Nicole Lefore as Associate Director of Sustainable Agriculture Water Management.
National Association of Wheat Growers welcomes Jack Long as the new Government Relations Representative. Long is a recent graduate from Oklahoma State University, where he received a Master’s in Agribusiness. Long is originally from Cole Camp, MO, and comes from a multigenerational farming operation.
