• Arkansas State University

  Assistant/Associate Professor, Agribusiness_x000d_
  http://academicaffairs.astate.edu/Faculty%20Positions/Coll%20Agriculture...

Announcements

• Foreign Travel Grants

  Department deadlines for fall semester:_x000d_
  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: due in 266 Heady on Friday, August 31, 2007._x000d_
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: due in 266 Heady on Friday, September 7, 2007._x000d_
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  See the Faculty Senate web site for additional information: http://www.facsen.iastate.edu/Foreigntravel/foreigntravel.htm
• It's a girl!

  Congratulations to Shane and Camille Ellis on the birth of their daughter. Emmarae Jacqueline was born on Monday, July 9, weighing 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches long.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Midwest, Great Plains, and Western Outlook Conference

  Indianapolis, Indiana, August 14-15, 2007_x000d_
  Registration deadline: August 10, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.econ.istate.edu/newsfiles/SummerOutlook.pdf
• Midwest Organic Research Symposium

  LaCrosse, Wisconsin, February 21-23, 2008_x000d_
  http://ofrf.org/networks/midwest_organic_rsch_symposium.html
• 9th Annual Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop

  Ames, Iowa, September 16-17, 2007_x000d_
  Registration deadline: September 7, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.card.iastate.edu/here/
• 3rd Annual Agricultural Entrepreneurship Institute

  Ames, Iowa, September 17-18, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.entrepreneurship.ag.iastate.edu/2007_Institute/index.html

Funding Opportunities

• Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA

  Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program_x000d_
  Deadline: August 1, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/ruralhealthandsafetyeducation.cfm_x000d_
  Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)_x000d_
  Deadline: September 5, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/sbir.cfm
• The BASIS Assets and Market Access Collaborative Research Support Program

  Deadline: July 23, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.basis.wisc.edu/ama_crsp/rfp_2007.htm
• Social Science Research Council

  The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)_x000d_
  http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/

Job Opportunities

• Kansas State University

  Assistant Professor_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/KSUproductioneconomist.pdf
• Purdue University

  Assistant Professor, Environmental/Natural Resource Economics_x000d_
  Deadline: September 1, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PurdueEnvEcon.pdf_x000d_
  Assistant Professor, Food/Agricultural Business Economics_x000d_
  Deadline: September 1, 2007_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PurdueFoodAgBus.pdf
• Arkansas State University

  Assistant/Associate Professor, Agribusiness_x000d_
  http://academicaffairs.astate.edu/Faculty%20Positions/Coll%20Agriculture...
• American Farm Bureau Federation

  Economist (Trade Specialist)_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/AmericanFarmBureauFederation.pdf

Papers and Presentations

• Wallace E. Huffman

  (with Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren, and Abebayehu Tegene.) "Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in a Controversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions of Genetically Modified Foods," Economic Inquiry 45(July 2007):409-432._x000d_
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  "Demand for Farm Labor in the Coastal Fruit and Salad Bowl States Relative to the Midlands: Three Decades of Experience," presented at the Conference on Immigration Reform: Implications for Farmers, Farm Workers and Communities (sponsored by the Farm, Giannini, Northwest Area and Kellogg Foundations), Washington, D.C., June 13-14, 2007.