Darrin Rahn, a senior in agricultural business and marketing from Mt. Carroll,IL, was awarded the 2011 Successful Farming/Fergie Ferguson Outstanding Student Award. Rahn is the president of Iowa State’s student NAMA chapter and president of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council. He received a $4,000 scholarship with the award. Click the photo left to read more about Rahn and other honors awarded to the Iowa State chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association.

Farm managers, rural appraisers, real estate brokers, and others interested in the land market in Iowa gathered recently for the 84th annual Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference. The conference holds the distinction as the longest running on the ISU campus, and was originally started by Dr. William Murray.

It brought in 233 attendees this year, who projected Iowa land values would increase 33% in 2011, said Professor Mike Duffy, conference host and organizer. “Since 1964, the projections have averaged within 2% of the reported Iowa land values.  If the 33% increase proves correct it would be the largest annual increase in Iowa land values,” he said.

Information courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service.

Ten undergraduate economics majors were awarded Phi Beta Kappa honors on May 1 in the Sun Room at the Memorial Union. Those awardees include juniors Samuel Bird and Ziran Li, and seniors Andrew Krog, Michael Lee, Lanting Li, Matthew Ong, Samuel Pudenz, Brittney Shaull, Joseph Stinn, Michael Vosseller.