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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 27, 2022

Background information for “CFTC’s Role in ‘Crypto’ is More Lapdog Than Watchdog”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, November 27, 2022
Roubini slams crypto as ‘carnival barkers,’ CNBC, Nov. 16, 2022
Krugman calls bitcoin Ponzi scheme, marketinsider.com, Sept. 3, 2022
Crypto is crashing; where are the regulators, New York Times, July 11, 2022
U.S. CFTC as crypto’s […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 13, 2022

Background information for “And The Numbers Prove It”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, November 13, 2022
Can Ukrainian grain exports ease global food crisis? Reuters, Nov. 8, 2022
South American corn and soybean production in perspective, farmdocdaily, Nov. 7, 2022
COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, New York Times, Nov. 7, 2022
Big Oil must pay for climate […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 6, 2022

Background information for “Don’t Bet Against the Latest Supermarket Super Merger”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, November 6, 2022
U.S. grocer carts away Albertsons for $25 billion, Reuters, Oct. 14, 2022
U.S. Senate to put grocery merger under microscope, SuperMarket News, Oct 19, 2022
U.S. attorneys probing Kroger deal, Reuters, Oct. 26, 2022
No need for […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of October 30, 2022

Background information for “USDA’s ‘Deeply Flawed’ $3-Billion ‘Climate Smart Commodities’ Program”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, October 30, 2022
List, “funding pool” projects, Climate-Smart Commodities program, USDA, Sept. 14, 2022
FAQs, Climate-Smart Commodities program, USDA, Sept. 14, 2022
USDA’s Climate Smart program benefits dairy, Dairy Herd Management, Sept. 14, 2022
We All Want Clean Water podcast, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of October 23, 2022

Background information for “Mother Nature Has a Population Plan, Too”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, October 23, 2022
China’s demographics spell decline, not domination, Bloomberg/Washington Post, Aug. 15, 2022
Aspen Economic Strategy Group, Is the U.S. Headed for Stagflation, Conference, Aug. 10, 2022
China’s Xi Jinping problem, Financial Times, Oct. 12, 2022
China’s import potential […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of October 16, 2022

Background information for “Ag Policy Was About Cultural Stability, Not Endless Market Growth”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, October 16, 2022
Boris Johnson resigns amid scandals, Associated Press, July 7, 2022
Here’s how to pick a new Prime Minister, Time, July 13, 2022
Brexit and U.S. ag trade, Economic Research Service
The Liz Truss disaster show, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of October 2, 2022

Background information for “When free markets hit the frying pan, consumers often get burned”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, October 2, 2022
California’s Proposition 12 explained
Prop 12: Overview; Sentient Media, June 12, 2022
CA’s Prop 12 would cost producers billions, PORK, Oct. 22, 2020
CA rule delays frustrate small farmers, AgriNews, Sept. 14, 2022

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of September 25, 2022

Background information for “Given what we don’t know, why do we act like we do know?”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, September 25, 2022
Optimism prevail despite African food uncertainties, InterPress News, Sept. 16, 2022
Can AGRA correct course, Nation, Sept. 10, 2022
AGRA portal
Gates’ funded Green Revolution has failed, Seattle Times, Sept. 8, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of September 18, 2022

Background information for “Drought, War, Inflation, and Consumer Disconnect”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, September 18, 2022
USDA Economic Research Service, Farm Sector Income, Sept. 1, 2022
2021 Incomes for Illinois FBFM Farms, Aug. 19, 2022
FBFM: Who We Are, FBFM portal
Gardener Survey, University of Illinois, Views on Inflation, Sept. 1, 2022

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of September 11, 2022

Background information for “A No-Ethanol Future Doesn’t Mean a No-Profit Future”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, September 11, 2022
We All Want Clean H2O podcast
The Jason Hill episode, We All Want Clean H2O, August 12, 2022
Jason Hill, University of Minnesota
Blog posts, Christopher Jones, University of Iowa
We All Want Clean Water podcast pulls […]

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