Dr. Dermot J Hayes In the News
The CARD report "The Impact of the 2018 Trade Disruptions on the Iowa Economy" has won the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s prestigious Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis Award.
At the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) meetings this year, Keri Jacobs, associate professor, Ziran Li ('17 PhD econ), and Dermot Hayes, professor, won the Applied Risk Analysis section’s Best Paper Award in Applied Risk Analysis for their paper, “Reference-Dependent Hedging: Theory and Evidence from Iowa Corn Producers,” published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Researchers at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University have created a new online tool to help Corn Belt farmers predict corn crop yields, harvested acreage, and total production, as reported in the High Plains Journal, July 13, 2019. The PSI-CARD Corn Yield Prediction Project provides county-level predictions for South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a article on the impact of trade tariffs on U.S. farmers in Ohio Ag Connection June 27, 2019.
This story was also covered in a story on USAgNet.com.
A study by Dermot Hayes, professor, was cited in several media stories this week:
"Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes estimates that the trade dispute with China has cost American pig farmers $8 per animal, or $1 billion in total losses."
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a May 31 Pork story, "Will Trump’s Latest Tariff Tactics Threaten USMCA Passage?"
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a story, "Trump claims progress in Japan on ag, beef," in the May 28th Feedstuffs.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a May 10 Des Moines Register story "'It can't get any worse': Iowa farmers suffer as U.S. trade war with China escalates."
A Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) report, The Impact of the 2018 Trade Disruptions on the Iowa Economy, has won the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis Award.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in an April 16, 2019, CNBC story, "China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks -sources."
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in an April 7 The Daily Iowan article about the lack of progress with trade negotiations with China.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a Southeast AgNET story, "NPPC Calls for Swift U.S./Japan Trade Negotiation" April 1.
An article last year by Minghao Li, Wendong Zhang, and Dermot Hayes of Iowa State University was cited in a Feb. 24 opinion piece "Trump Shouldn’t Settle for a Bowl of Chicken-Rice" in the Washington Post.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a Feb. 7, 2019 Sioux City Journal story about the failure of the Iowa bottle bill.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in several media outlets on a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. The European Commission today issued draft negotiating mandates to EU member states that doesn't include talks on agriculture.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a story in the Jan. 1, 2019 The Epoch Times titled "Agriculture Remains a Sticking Point to US–EU Trade Deal."
The Center for China-US Agricultural Economics and Policy in CARD was the subject of a recent Grant Wall article in CALS STORIES magazine:
Riley Arthur is on the run. The junior majoring in agricultural business and economics is chasing not just a degree, but the full-blown Iowa State experience.
Arthur, an Owatonna, Minnesota, native, worked as an intern this summer with ethanol processor Flint Hills Resources.
Members of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) hosted a group of four researchers, led by Dr. Shiping Mao, from the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development (IAED) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) from Dec. 10-15, 2018.
Dermot Hayes, professor, and Chad Hart, associate professor, were interviewed for a Nov. 25th Des Moines Register story "Dozens of Iowa Farmers Get Less Than $25 from Trump Tariff Assistance, Data Show."
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in an Oct. 26th story on AgriMarketing.com "Economists: China's African Swine Fever Won't Impact U.S. Prices, Unless Disease Gets Out of Hand."
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for an Oct. 1 Quad-City Times article "NAFTA replacement keeps pork tariffs in place."
Dermot Hayes, professor, and a new study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) were cited in several media outlets Sept. 27-28:
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a Sept. 21st story in AgWeb "U.S. Pork Industry on High Alert with African Swine Fever Overseas" on the effects African Swine Fever is having on herds in China and on U.S. producers.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in stories in three September 19, 2018 media stories:
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a Pork article on the pork industry's efforts to combat African Swine Fever.
Dermot Hayes, professor, and Chad Hart, associate professor, were interviewed for an Aug. 27th Des Moines Register article on the new trade agreement between Mexico and the United States.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a story "Tariffs kill China market for U.S.-produced pig feet, heads" on ChinaDaily.com.cn Aug. 9, 2018.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a July 17 Reuters article on KFGO.com "Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China."
Keri Jacobs, associate professor, Ziran Li ('17 PhD), and Dermot Hayes, professor, have a new publication in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, titled, “Reference-Dependent Hedging: Theory and Evidence from Iowa Corn Producers.”
Dermot Hayes, professor, has had several recent media interviews:
CALS STORIES Online monthly e-newsletter recently put out a call to students and alumni for stories of their favorite teachers. Three economics department faculty were recognized:
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a June 11 Forbes article "Evidence That New Tariffs, Not Immigrants, Are Costing Jobs."
Dermot Hayes, professor, has agreed to do an interview next week, during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, with Betsy Jibben, national reporter for Farm Journal Media on how U.S.-China trade tensions could impact pork prices.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in the May 23rd story "Farmers Nervously Await Outcome of Trade Talks" in Stateline magazine.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed in a May 17th Wall Street Journal article about how the White House is likely to fall well short of a plan to slash the U.S. trade deficit with China by half, in large part because American farms and factories will find it hard to produce enough exports to meet that goal, trade experts say.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a story on China's proposed trade tariffs in an April 17 story in The Daily Iowan.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for an April 6 Des Moines Register story "Trump's tariffs sow worries among Iowa farmers, manufacturers" by Donnelle Eller.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in two March 23, 2018 news stories:
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a March 8, 2018, Des Moines Register story "Iowa could support 45700 CAFOs, but should it?"
Hayes, who conducted an economic analysis for the company, said Iowa Select will go from producing 8 percent to 14 percent of Iowa's pork when its expansion is completed, based on 2015 levels. Hayes disagrees that new processing plants are pushing Iowa's hog production higher.
Dermot Hayes, professor, and his recent study of Iowa Select Farm's growth were quoted in a recent article in cbc online "ISU Study Shows ISF On Track To Generate $1.5 Billion In Economic Output By End Of 2019."
Dermot Hayes, professor, spoke at the annual meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers in Manitoba last week about the advantages Manitoba producers will now have after Canada's inclusion in the new Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a story in AgWeb on how present U.S. policies could reduce growing pork exports.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was the subject of a recent article in Farm Journal's PORK.
Dermot Hayes has seen his share of change during 31 years of studying trade and exports at Iowa State University. During that time, the U.S. transitioned from a net pork importer to a world-class exporter, and Hayes participated in that evolution. He helped pave the way for the U.S. pork industry’s leadership in exports by identifying emerging markets and serving as ambassador on countless trade missions.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed on WNAX Nov. 30, for a story on China's new E10 mandate.
Hayes said China recently reduced their corn stocks and announced the E10 directive. As a result China will either need to import corn to produce that ethanol or just import the biofuel.
Dermot Hayes, professor, and Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, hosted China's Consul General Hong Lei at the Memorial Union on Sept. 11, 2017, to discuss the collaboration of the economics department with the Chinese Academy of Ag Sciences to set up a center at Iowa State to study China ag policy.
Dermot Hayes, professor, is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report story on how the U.S. agriculture industry is unprepared for a foot and mouth disease outbreak.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed in an AgriNews article on U.S. pork exports.
Professors Sergio Lence and Dermot Hayes (and co-authors Julian M. Alston; John Stephen C. Smith) have won the ‘Outstanding ERAE Journal Article’ award for 2016.
Dermot Hayes, professor, is scheduled to speak at the World Pork Expo, June 7-9, 2017, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Hayes will speak on U.S. exports and international trade.