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Announcements for Friday, April 29, 2011

News

  • Dakota Hoben (Ag Bus/Econ) selected for international leadership program

    Dakota Hoben, a senior in agricultural business and economics, is one of 12 agriculture students nationwide selected for the 2011 International Collegiate Agricultural Leadership Program. The will travel to Panama and Columbia May 15-27 to study international grain marketing and trade and global agriculture. More: https://www.ffa.org/documents/med_icalrelease2011.pdf

  • Ag Business major wins Kappa Alpha Theta's High Flyer Award

    Amy Peyton, senior in agricultural business, is the first recipient of the $10,000 Kappa Alpha Theta High Flyer Award from the ISU Division of Student Affairs. Peyton has served as co-chair of the Veishea entertainment committee, vice president of administration for Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, president of the Mortar Board National Honor Society, fundraising chair of the Agricultural Business Club, a member of the CALS academic affairs committee, and a community volunteer. A donor established this award to recognize a woman student who has a 3.5 GPA or above and has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills.

  • Student seminars this week
    • Subhra K. Bhattacharya will preset a Financial Economics Workshop/Econ 693 Presentation entitled: "Stock Loans Subject to Bankruptcy." Friday, April 6, 11:30 - 1pm, 368A Heady Hall.
  • Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics

    Information courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service.

    • Mike Duffy was interviewed Friday by a reporter for the New York Observer.
    • Dave Swenson prepared tables and graphs itemizing GDP and income growth in Iowa for Dave Elbert, a business columnist for the Des Moines Register.  He also was interviewed by Elbert as to the efficacy of business tax cuts, as the governor has proposed, in stimulating investment and job growth in Iowa.
    • Chad Hart spoke with Phil Brasher of the Des Moines Register about agriculture and federal agricultural programs in the 4th district of Iowa, where Christie Vilsack is considering a run for Congress.
    • Linda Smith, a markets editor for DTN/The Progressive Farmer, talked to Chad Hart about a grain elevator fraud case. She wanted help in putting together a list of danger signs that an elevator may be in trouble, or that something fraudulent might be going on.

    Links to any of the following articles available at :http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/mr/11/0422/0422.shtml

    • Branstad vetoes earned income tax credit, bonus depreciation, Iowa Politics.com , 04-21-11 (Herman Quirmbach, Associate Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
    • Democrats criticize Branstad's demand for 2-year budgets, say forecasts not accurate enough, Canadian Business Online, Canada , 04-22-11 (Herman Quirmbach, Associate Professor of Economics, Iowa State University). Also ran: Albany Times Union, NY, Beaumont Enterprise, TX, CBS MoneyWatch, CNBC.com, CT Post, CT, Danbury News Times, CT, Forbes, NY, Greenfield Daily Reporter, IN, Greenwich Time, CT, San Antonia Express, TX, Stamford Advocate, CT, The Republic, IN, Westport News, CT,
    • Shrinking corn surpluses spark worry, Des Moines Register, IA , 04-17-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University). Also ran: Oshkosh Northwestern, WI, The Tennessean, TN
    • Planting season: High stakes sow seeds of anxiety across Iowa, Des Moines Register, IA , 04-17-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
    • Ethanol subsidies: To what extent do they influence corn prices and food prices, Cattle Network, KS , 04-22-11 (Bruce Babcock, Professor of Economics, Jacinto Fabiosa, Scientist, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University)

Graduate Student Announcements

  • Preconference workshop on economics of child nutrition - student support available

    On behalf of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) and the Food Safety and Nutrition (FSN) Section of the AAEA, we are pleased to invite you to attend the preconference workshop entitled Economics and Child Nutrition Programs.

    The workshop organizers are able to offer financial support to graduate student attendees, thanks to a generous contribution from the AAEA Foundation.  Students selected to receive support will receive one night's accommodation in the conference hotel and a waiver of the workshop registration fee.  Due to limited funds, we will not be able to provide support to all applicants.  Graduate students interested in being considered for this support should provide the information requested below by May 2, 2011 at 5 PM PST, and email it to childnutrition.workshop@gmail.com.  Please note that student selected to receive this support will still be responsible for arranging their own travel and general conference registration.

    The objective of this event is to showcase emerging issues and creative policy solutions in nutrition and food programs such as the National School Lunch Program and other federal programs feeding children. An emphasis will be placed on the assessment of proposed behavioral solutions to the child nutrition puzzle.

    We're excited to feature a keynote talk by George Loewenstein, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, a preeminent behavioral economist. Additional speakers will include: Diane Whitmore-Schanzenbach (Northwestern), Joseph Price (Brigham Young), Helen Jensen (Iowa State), Craig Gundersen (Illinois).

    This preconference workshop is scheduled for Saturday, July 23, 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA.  Registration and hotel support for graduate student participants will be provided on a competitive basis.  For more information regarding the event and registration, please visit http://aaea.org.  We hope you join us.

    Graduate students who wish to be considered for conference support should complete all of the following information and email it to childnutrition.workshop@gmail.com no later than 5:00 pm PST on Monday, May 2, 2011. Full name:Phone number:Email: University: Department:Program Level (MS or PhD):Anticipated Graduation Date:Major Area of Study:Research Interests:Are you currently a member of the AAEA (yes or no)?Will you be presenting a paper or poster during the AAEA conference (yes or no)?Please explain (in two or three sentences) your interest in attending the preconference workshop:Please provide the name and email address of an advisor or other departmental contact who can verify your enrollment status:

    Sean B. Cash, Ph.D.,Department of Consumer Science and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

    scash@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5498

External Seminars and Workshops

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Funding Opportunities

  • Funding opportunity - conservation education

    RE:  Resource Enhancement & Protection (REAP) Conservation Education Program (CEP), Iowa Department of Natural Resources

    PURPOSE:  to stimulate long-term environmental education throughout Iowa.

    Environmental education is defined as activities that teach children and adults how to learn about and investigate their environment, and to make intelligent, informed decisions about how they can take care of it.  Partnerships are strongly encouraged.  Projects will include public communications as part of the work plan and an evaluation of educational impact.  On average, the REAP CEP provides less than half of the total cost of education projects; other support is provided by partner organizations.  Guidelines are available at:

    http://www.iowadnr.gov/reap/cep.html

    DEADLNE:  May 15, 2011  (next deadline is November 15, 2011)

  • Funding opportunity - research on canola

    RE:  Supplemental and Alternative Crops (Canola), NIFA, USDA

    PURPOSE:  to support the development of canola as a viable supplemental and alternative crop in the U.S.

    Proposed projects should be comprehensive and integrated in nature.  The goal is to significantly increase canola production by developing and testing superior germplasm, methods of planting, cultivation and harvesting and then transferring new knowledge to producers as soon as possible.  Extension, education and communication activities related to the research must be addressed in the proposed project.  Proposed projects are limited to $210,000.  Guidelines are available at:

    http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/supplementalandalternativecrops.cfm

     DEADLINE:  May 31, 2011

Job Opportunities

  • Agricultural Economist Needed

    To whom it may concern:My name is Nicole Tako and I work for United Bankers’ Bank which is a bank that provides correspondent services to community banks across the Country.  We are hosting a golf event in Nebraska on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Shadow Ridge Country Club.  This event is for our current and potential clients.  We are looking for an Agricultural Economist to give our clients a presentation.  We will pay a professor or faculty member $500 for their service plus any mileage that is needed to travel to the Country Club.  We are looking for someone who can put together a 1 hour power point presentation on Agriculture Economics.  Also we would like to invite them to spend the day at our Golf Event which includes golf and all meals.  Please let me know if anyone is interested.  Thanks!

    Nicole Tako, Marketing Assistant, (952) 886-9589

    1650 W 82nd Street, Suite 1500

    Bloomington, MN 55431