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Weekly Media Connections for the Department of Economics

[Posted Oct 31, 2012]
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Mike Duffy spoke with the DM Register, Reuters news service, WHO radio in DM, and WNEX radio from Sioux Falls, SD on the high priced land sale in NW Iowa.

Ann Johanns was a guest on IPR’s Talk of Iowa, talking about a study on crop rotations.

Dave Swenson spoke with Canada's Sun News Network (Ontario) on the economy in Iowa and the Des Moines Register’s recent endorsement of Romney for president. Additional contacts:

Swenson and Eathington's work on sustainable economies honored

[Posted Oct 31, 2012]
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The Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is the recent recipient of an award for "Excellence in Research and Analysis" from the University Economic Development Association.

Tuesday's Department Seminar: Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

[Posted Oct 31, 2012]
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"Bubbles, Food Prices, and Speculation: Evidence from the CFTC’s Daily Large Trader Data Files," with Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Monday, November 6, 3:40 PM-5:30 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Scott Irwin's research on agricultural marketing and price analysis, commodity market efficiency, and speculation in commodity markets is widely-cited by other academic researchers and in high demand among market participants, policy-makers, and the media.

Duffy and Edwards honored with Extension award

[Posted Oct 30, 2012]
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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.

Monday's Department Seminar: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming

[Posted Oct 30, 2012]
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"The Experimental Mindset within Various Applied Fields of Economics," with Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming. Monday, November 5, 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall.

Jason Shogren is the Stroock Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management and Chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming, his alma mater. He works on the economics of environmental and natural resource policy.

Thursday's Human Resources Workshop: Youngjun Kim, ISU

[Posted Oct 26, 2012]
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Join Younjun Kim, ISU, for a Human Resources Workshop on Thursday, November 1, 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm, 360 Heady Hall. His talk is entitled, "Growth in Rural Areas: Evidence from Iowa." 

Abstract: Specialized clusters encourage entry into rural markets while proximity to upstream suppliers matters only for urban firm entry. Rural firm entry follows the pattern theorized by Porter (1990).  Urban firm entry does not follow the patterns suggested by Romer (1986), Porter (1990) or Jacobs (1969). 

Land values reach record highs sales, says Duffy in DMR article

[Posted Oct 26, 2012]
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A record farmland sale of $21,900 per acre in Sioux County is a fresh example that last summer’s drought has only added more fuel to Iowa’s farmland boom.

“We didn’t get hit as hard as people thought we would last summer,” said Mike Duffy of Iowa State University Extension and author of an annual survey of Iowa farm land prices. Many Iowa farmers had better-than-expected corn yields, despite the worst drought in a half-century.

Read more of the recent Des Moines Register article by Dan Pillar.

Dan Otto retires

[Posted Oct 26, 2012]
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Dan Otto, professor and Extension economist, and associate program director of Extension and Communities, will retire at the beginning of November after 32 years with the department. "I've enjoyed the people in the department, and appreciate the caliber of the programs and the respect and acknowledgment that we receive," he said.

Otto plans to pursue hobbies and interests such as biking, traveling, cooking, and history. He and his wife Fran Antonovitz, formerly with the Department of Economics, will continue to reside in Ames, but will enjoy part of their year in Florida. View photos of Otto's retirement reception at: http://gallery.econ.iastate.edu/gallery/dan-otto-retirement-reception-102512

USDA funds department's ag co-op work

[Posted Oct 26, 2012]
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Keri Jacobs, Georgeanne Artz, and Kevin Kimle of the Department of Economics were recent recipients of a $175,000 grant from the USDA to fund their work in agricultural cooperatives, as part of the Iowa Alliance for Cooperative Business Development (IACBD). Learn more. 

Tuesday's IT Workshop:Yihui, Xie, ISU Department of Statistics

[Posted Oct 25, 2012]
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Join Yihui Xie from ISU's Department of Statistics for a workshop on the variety of graphical tools available in R, and it's application to general scientific research. Tools for advanced documentation platform under R will be presented, many of which are developed by the speaker. Tuesday, October 30, 4 PM, 68A Heady Hall.

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