Mike Duffy and William Edwards were recently honored with the Research and Extension Partnership Award through Extension, for their work on land value, cash rents, and custom rate surveys.

These surveys are are some of the most highly requested information provided by ISU Extension and Outreach, and the data in them helps researchers and Extension clientele to improve their understanding of the forces impacting land and to efficiently use resources.

Says Edwards, "Every day Mike Duffy and I, as well as the Extension farm management field specialists utilize the information from the Iowa land value, farmland cash rent, and farm custom rate surveys to help answer questions from farmers, landowners and farm managers around Iowa and in other states. This award recognizes the value of these applied research initiatives for making the markets for farmland and machinery services operate more efficiently."

Pictured in the photo left to right is Cathann Kress, Vice-President for Extension and Outreach, Mike Duffy, and William Edwards.