Iowa State University economist Mike Duffy was recently honored for his service to agriculture by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA).

The Carl F. Hertz Distinguished Service in Agriculture Award was presented to him at the society’s recent meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. The national award is designed to honor individual service to agriculture, other than directly in the farm management and rural appraisal professions.

Mike Duffy spoke with Country Time of Wisconsin, Bloomberg, and WHO radio on land values, at the American Bankers Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Lee Schulz spoke with Loretta Sorensen, Feed-Lot Magazine, about retained ownership strategies for beef producers in the current market. He also spoke with Dan Skelton, KICD AM 1240, about the current livestock market and future outlook.

"Commodity Price Comovement: The Case of Cotton," with Joseph Janzen, University of California at Davis. Wednesday, November 14, 4:10 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Joseph Janzen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, where he studies commodity futures markets, agricultural marketing, applied econometrics, and industrial organization. His research assesses the role of speculation, electronic trading, and liquidity constraints in the price discovery process for agricultural commodity futures. Born and raised on a family farm in the Red River Valley of Manitoba, he holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in agribusiness and agricultural economics from the University of Manitoba.

“Marginal Hedging in Futures Markets,” with Dan Sanders, Purdue University. Monday, November 12, 4:10 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Dan Sanders is from a small dairy farm in northwestern Ohio, and is experienced with dairy and livestock production, as well as crops and forages. He majored in Agricultural Systems Management in Agricultural Engineering, with a minor in Agribusiness at The Ohio State University. Dan’s interest in agribusiness grew has he pursued undergraduate research and extension opportunities in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, and continued with the department to earn his master’s degree. Dan is now studying for his doctoral degree in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, focusing on the areas of production, agribusiness and agricultural finance.