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Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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Elizabeth Gravitt, a senior reporter with Forbes magazine, e-mailed asking about historical farmland values by state, specifically in the Midwest. She was given information about the Iowa farmland values survey and contact information for Mike Duffy, professor of economics and extension farm management specialist, as well as information available at the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative awards scholarships

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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Two scholarships were recently awarded to ag business students involved in programs of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative.

Orazem's work on tax rates and labor productivity featured in ISU News Service article

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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Professor Peter Orazem was featured this week in an article written by Michael Ferlazzo of ISU News Service entitled "ISU economists: study shows Iowa's high marginal tax rates hinder labor productivity."

Top numbers of economics majors nominated by Phi Beta Kappa

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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Phi Beta Kappa recently released its nominations for 2011. Eleven economics majors were nominated, which is the largest group for the department.


Ag Business Club banquet highlights achievements and strong employability prospects

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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The Ag Business Club held their annual banquet Saturday, March 6th. Professor Ron Deiter, club co-sponsor, said that the event is designed to "acknowledge achievements" of ag business majors and to "share those successes with parents and faculty."

Duffy featured in NYTimes article on farmland price bubble

[Posted Mar 08, 2011]
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Professor Michael Duffy was recently featured in a New York Times article entitled "In price of farmland,echoes of another boom," by William Neuman / New York Times News Service. 

Undergrads gain "experiential learning" in Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative competition

[Posted Mar 03, 2011]
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The Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative hosted their third annual Ag Innovation and Value Creation competition, Monday, February 28th.  Fifty-five undergraduate students participated in teams of 3 to 4, and were challenged to create new value for an existing technology.

Swenson's work on the impacts of health reform for Iowans featured in ISU News Service story

[Posted Mar 02, 2011]
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Dave Swenson, with the Regional Economics and Community Analysis Program (RECAP), wrote an article recently published in IAbiz magazine on the impacts of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on both industry and employees in Iowa.

Read the ISU News Service story and Swenson's article here.

 

Successful Farming publisher to speak at Saturday's Ag Business Club Banquet

[Posted Mar 01, 2011]
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Scott Mortimer, the publisher of Successful Farming magazine, will be featured as a special speaker at the Ag Business Club's annual banquet. Mortimer, who graduated with a degree in ag business in 1987, will receive the outstanding alumni award for 2010. His talk is focused on sharing advice and success stories with students.

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