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Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense

Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense

A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence

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COVID-19 Impacts on U.S. Ag Commodity Market and Trade

Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated impacts on global economic activity have unprecedented implications for markets for agricultural commodities and their products, including food. With the changes in global consumer incomes, distribution networks, and the very nature of how people live, at least temporarily, agricultural and food systems have been placed under a new and extreme stress that might have no historical analog.

Objective: The Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) Center of Excellence in partnership with the University of Missouri – Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, examined COVID-19 disruptions in the major U.S. commodity markets through an analysis of their impact on domestic and international agricultural commodity markets and related goods.

Value Proposition: This analysis can be used to inform possible policy decisions in response to current events and it provided valuable insights into the possible costs and consequences of future market disruptions.

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Principal Investigator
Patrick Westhoff, Ph.D., University of Missouri Food & Agriculture Policy Research Institute Howard Cowden professor and director

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Co-Principal Investigator
Wyatt Thompson, Ph.D., University of Missouri Food & Agriculture Policy Research Institute professor

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Co-Principal Investigator
Julian Binfield, Ph.D., University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources assistant research professor

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