Dr. Lee Schulz In the News
Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Inforum for the article "Finding workers critical for planned pork plant in Sioux Falls," which focuses on a new meat packing plant opening in Sioux Falls.
Associate professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by KMTV (Omaha) for the story "Bird flu resurgence isn't just affecting farms and the Omaha Zoo, but also your pocket," which details how a resurgence in avian influenze (bird flu) could affect consumer prices.
Associate professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Successful Farming for the article "Walmart Invests in Nebraska Rancher-owned Processing Plant."
Associate professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Missouri Farmer Today for the article "Producers address high feed costs with tools, alternatives."
Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Reuters for the story "Shrinking U.S. cattle herd signals more pain from high beef prices," which focuses on how a smaller US cattle inventory could signal higher beef prices in the near future.
Associate professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by the Arizona Daily Sun for the article "Has inflation peaked? What experts say consumers can expect in the next few months."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, wrote the article Wallaces Farmer article "Hog producers respond to mixed signals," which focuses on recent production trends in the US pork industry.
Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by Illinois Farmer Today for the article "Risk management helps farmers find the right balance," which focuses on farmers finding the right input cost balance.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal for the article "Smithfield Foods, Citing High Costs of Operating in California, to Close Pork Plant."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a May 5 CBS News story, "Bird Flu is Driving up the Price of More than Just Eggs and Poultry."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, had on-camera interview in the News Service broadcast studio with Bryce Doeschot, Market Journal, on trends in pork production and pork markets.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Jan. 8 KMA Land story, "Meat Supply Chain Issues Explained."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Jan. 3 Citizen Tribune story, "Strong livestock prices should hold in 2022, economist says."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, recorded an interview with the Market Journal about hog and beef demand, prices, and supply chain issues in the livestock commodities for this year and into next year as well. The interview was shot in the News Service broadcast studio.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a Nov. 25 Axios story, "How America's turkey supply chain brings birds to your table."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Nov. 11 KCCI story, "KCCI Investigates: Beef prices reaching near-record levels."
Jiwon Lee, PhD job market candidate, and Lee Schulz, associate professor, had their article, "Swine producer willingness to pay for Tier 1 disease risk mitigation under multifaceted ambiguity," published in Agribusiness: An International Journal.
Christopher Pudenz, PhD student, and Lee Schulz, associate professor, had an article, “Packer Procurement, Structural Change, and Moving Average Basis Forecasts: Lessons from the Fed Dairy Cattle Industry,” published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a Sept. 20 KCRG story, "Iowans cope with rising food prices."
U.S. Farm Report kicked off their 2021 college roadshow season at Iowa State.
An article by Lee Schulz, associate professor, is the lead article and Editor’s Choice in issue 3 (July 2021) of the European Review of Agricultural Economics: “The market for traceability with applications to U.S. feeder cattle” by James Mitchell, Glynn Tonsor, and Lee Schulz.
In May 2021 Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, was the latest Iowa State University extension economist to bring home the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association's prestigious Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award: Less than 10 years’ experience.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a May 1 Rapid City Journal story, "Livestock profits possible despite high costs."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed by media outlets about newly updated resources from Iowa State Extension and Outreach, available in the April edition of AgDecision Maker.
The Livestock Marketing Information Center has awarded Lee Schulz, associate professor, the Superior Service award for his exceptional dedication and service to the livestock industry and the outstanding contributions he has made to the Livestock Marketing Information Center.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a March 17 Agri Pulse article, "One year later: Pandemic introduces unprecedented supply, demand issues into livestock sector."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in the Feb. 10 Successful Farming story, "2021 is an economic game changer for farmers."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Dec. 18 The Neighbor story, "COVID-19 pandemic teaches livestock producers: Be prepared."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Nov. 15 Missouri Farmer Today story, "Domestic meat demand remains strong."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for an Oct. 16 Provisioner story, "The state of the workforce 2020: covid-19 catalyzes a reckoning."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a Sept. 5 Daily Nonpareil story, "Hog market struggles likely to continue in Q4."
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, and Chad Hart, professor, will present a webinar Aug. 25 to offer timely insight for the difficult issues facing Iowa farmland owners and tenants.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a July 15 Cleveland.com story, "Meat and poultry supplies no longer a serious concern, processors and grocers say."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a July 7, 2020 Clayton News-Daily story, "USDA report shows hog supply on the rise."
The report is somewhat bullish, says Lee Schulz, Iowa State University Extension livestock marketing economist.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, had several recent media contacts:
Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network story, "Record U.S. hog inventory up 5 percent from last year," June 26.
On Monday, June 29th, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) are releasing a new paper, Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Agricultural Markets. Lee Schulz, associate professor, was a contributing author to this paper.
A study by Lee Schulz, associate professor, was cited in a June 3 Beef story, "Beef industry outlook in post-COVID-19 world."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for a May 15 Meat+Poultry story, "Meat prices expected to rise as supply continues to decrease."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, had several recent media contacts:
The ISU Office of Strategic Relations and Communications shared that recent media coverage featuring CALS experts is “massive” compared to past reports.
Lee Schulz
, associate professor, was interviewed on Iowa Public Radio, April 21:
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed for an April 14 Star Tribune story, "Sioux Falls plant closing is risk to pork supply, but plenty of others are open."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed in the April 5 Sioux City Journal story, "Foreign markets eager for U.S. pork, beef despite COVID-19-related travel cutbacks."
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a March 26 Des Moines Register story, "Panic buying — and hoarding — drive higher prices for eggs, milk and other staples."
A story by Associate Professor Lee Schulz, "Expected profits fuel pork expansion," was published in WallacesFarmer.com Jan. 9, 2020.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was quoted in a Dec. 31 St Louis Public Radio story, "For Beef And Pork Producers, 2019 Wasn't As Bad As It Could Have Been."
Lee Schulz and Chad Hart, associate professors, were interviewed on a video interview with Sonja Begemann of Farm Journal's Pork September 13, 2019.
Michaela Eden, incoming master student of ag economics at Kansas State University, is one of the students working this summer at Iowa State as a George Washington Carver Research Intern.
Chris Pudenz, graduate student, Lee Schulz, associate professor, and CJ Rademacher, recently had an article published in the Journal of Swine Health and Production.