Home

Announcements for Friday, May 18, 2012

Announcements

  • New photo?

    When was the last time you had a new photo taken in the department? If it's been over five years, it's time to take one!!

    Faculty, staff, and graduate students are all welcome to request a new photo.

    Everyone looks nice outside, and it would be great to take new images before it gets too hot. So please, if you are so inclined, stop by my office in the morning preferably, and we can take something that is more up to date. Or contact me to set a time at: ksenty@iastate.edu

News

  • Highest one year increase in cash rental rates shown in annual survey by Edwards

    Results from the most recent Iowa State University Extension and Outreach rental rate survey estimate that the average cash rent for corn and soybean land in the state for 2012 was $252 per acre, an increase of $38 per acre or 18 percent from last year. Wlliam Edwards, extension economist and professor with the Department of Economics, has conducted the survey since 1994. He says that this is the largest one-year increase since the statewide survey was started in 1994, and that rental rates have been pushed significantly higher by the favorable corn and soybean prices that farmers have enjoyed since 2010. Read the full results of the survey at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/FM1851.pdf.

  • Rural migration limits Iowa's economic growth, says Swenson

    As a rural Iowa communities struggle to maintain skilled workers in critical employment sectors, Dave Swenson, associate scientist with the Department of Economics, says that the drain on the workforce is impacting statewide economic development. Swenson shared his view in a recent Des Moines Register opinion editorial, which can be found at:  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120514/OPINION/305130090/Iowa-View-Rural-migration-s-effect-on-Iowa-s-workforce-shortage

  • Former CARD post-doc/assistant scientist Secchi honored

    Former department graduate and CARD post-doc/assistant scientist Silvia Secchi recently received a Early Career Faculty Excellence Award from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she is currently serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Agribusiness Economics. Secchi is also the co-director of the University's environmental resources and policy doctorate program. Learn more about her honors and current work at: http://news.siu.edu/2012/05/050112par12084.html

Job Opportunities

Papers and Presentations

  • Recent presentation by Juan Carlos Cordoba

    Juan Carlos Córdoba recently presented his paper, "Life, Death and the World Inequality," at the 2012 Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting in Notre Dame, Indiana, on May 13.

  • Recent presentation by Ron Deiter

    Ron Deiter made the recent presentation, "How Mighty is the Almighty Dollar in Collegiate Sports?" at the Ames Lions Club, on May 17.