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)