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Wilmington News Journal reported on how the situation in Ukraine has many of us concerned for many reasons. One of the concerns is the effect it may have on U.S. agriculture. The shock to global commodity markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to be the largest in the post-war period, and certainly since […]

The Guardian published an article on global food prices rising to their highest ever levels in March as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said that before the invasion, prices were already near record highs because of limited global supplies. “Projected stock levels were already low relative to recent […]

WITA (Washington International Trade Association) published a webinar on global food security and how the wear in Ukraine affects it worldwide. The webinar included Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who spoke on a variety of topics including “Prices are up all over the world and after the Russian invasion prices went up about 20 – […]

Cornell Chronicle announced that Johan Swinnen, Director-General will speak at Cornell. Global food systems expert Johan Swinnen, Ph.D. ’92, will explore in the talk, Transforming Global Food Systems After COVID-19, the lessons learned and the steps needed to prevent a hunger catastrophe in the first talk of a new speaker series dedicated to confronting the […]

Agri-Pulse published an article detailing talking points from a recent webinar. Agri-pulse writes that panelists at the webinar believe the war in Ukraine will increase food insecurity around the world, especially in countries heavily dependent on wheat imports from that country and Russia, and push food prices even higher. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber stated […]

NTD published an article stating that the United States, the Group of Seven allies, and the European Union are readying a round of measures that “will continue to impose severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for what it described as “atrocities in Ukraine, including in Bucha.” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the sanctions […]

NHK News (Japan) published an article stating that a fertilizer shortage linked to sanctions against Russia and Belarus is pushing the developing world to the breaking point. Former Director General of the International Fertilizer Industry Association, Charlotte Hebebrand (Now the Communications and Public Affairs Division Director), discussed what nations can do to mitigate a global […]

Fremont News Messenger (USA) published an article that stated concerns over how Vladimir Putin might respond to Western sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine has focused attention on Europe’s reliance on Russian energy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned the country “from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines,” a situation that will […]

News Nation published an article that said, as food prices continue to soar, the conflict in Ukraine is impacting the global food supply and agricultural production, and food experts say a global food crisis is on the horizon. According to IFPRI (see the blog post, How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect global food security), […]

MSNBC (The Cross Connection) interviewed senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who said that 60 percent of wheat crops are planted in the fall and harvested in the spring, but indications are saying that there won’t be that much more planted. We’ll see wheat planted in Australia and Argentina, but that will take a while. How […]