Courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service.

• Chad Hart was featured in several on-air television segments on the price of food and potential backlash from consumers who may blame farmers.

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• Dave Swenson was interviewed by Ed Tibbets, a reporter with the Quad City Times, about the regional and statewide economic impacts of a federal shutdown.  As the Rock Island Arsenal is a major Quad Cities employer, they are particularly concerned that it will lead to localized stress and layoffs.

Find links to the following stories at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/mr/11/0401/0401.shtml

• As Asia prospers, food prices rise and US benefits, McClatchy Newspapers, CA , 03-28-11 (Bruce Babcock, Professor of Economics, Iowa State University). Also ran: Bellingham Herald, WA, Belleville News Democrat, IL, Bradenton Herald, FL, Lexington Herald Leader, KY, Modesto Bee, CA, News & Observer, NC, Sacramento Bee, CA, Sun Herald, MS, The Olympian, WA,
• ADM boosts grain storage, adds to U.S. capacity, Dow Jones Newswire, NY , 03-28-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
• Corn Futures Flirt With $7/bu. As Planting Nears, Corn and Soybean Digest, NJ , 03-28-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
• USDA's corn planting report to attract extra attention, Des Moines Register, IA , 03-30-11 (Bruce Babcock, Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
• Corn is King as Farmers Chase Prices, Wall Street Journal, NY , 03-31-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University). Also ran: MarketWatch, NY
• U.S. Iowa to boost corn acres, but bigger yields also needed, Des Moines Register, IA , 03-31-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)
• USDA planting report released, Fort Dodge Messenger, IA , 04-01-11 (Chad Hart, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University)