Chad Hart, associate professor, had several media interviews recently, including:
Sept. 17, Erin Murphy, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, about "Farmers, lenders express concern for drawn-out trade war." “It’s influencing not only how they are going to sell their products ... but it’s also going to influence producer’s decisions as they look at what they’re going to produce over the next year, year-and-a-half.”
Sept. 17 High Plains Journal “This marketing year, like many of the previous years, will challenge producers’ patience and financial standing,” Hart said. “It will take some time for prices to recover and we may not yet have seen the low."
Sept. 18, on KCRG, Hart adds the first phase of the aid package for farmers is paying out half of the $12 billion promised but there is no promise it will use all the funds. The longer the trade dispute with China goes on, the more there will be a need for money.
Sept. 19, on Mix 107.3 KIOW "Farmers Had a Good Work Week Last Week." Chad Hart, an associate professor of economics and grain markets specialist at Iowa State University, says farmers are thrilled with turnaround, after a very wet start to the month.
Sept. 13, FeedNavigator.com story "USDA: Corn, soybeans set for production hike."