Dr. Alejandro Plastina in the News
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June 1, 2021
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was quoted in a May 27 KMCH story, "Survey Shows Iowa Land Rents up Significantly in 2021."
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May 26, 2021
A 2018 CARD study, "Annual Net Returns to Cover Crops in Iowa," by Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was cited in a May 25 story on thecitypages.com, "Cover crops are good for the environment; but are they profitable t
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May 17, 2021
Farm Foundation announced Alejandro Plastina, associate professor/extension economist at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, as its first Agricultural Economics Fellow.
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May 17, 2021
Wendiam Sawadgo ('20 PhD ag econ), in collaboration with Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, and Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, published a new open access article, "What drive
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April 22, 2021
Wendiam Sawadgo ('20 PhD ag econ) and Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, have published an article as open access in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on Cambridge Core.
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March 30, 2021
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was interviewed about his recent paper in The Academic Times.
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March 16, 2021
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, and Sergio Lence, professor, have a new publication (open access) in Agricultural Economics.
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January 29, 2021
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, presented a webinar titled, "Insights Iowa: Informing the financial picture for Iowa’s primary crops and the decisions made,” Jan.
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January 5, 2021
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, has been recognized with an Excellence in Remote Instruction Award as part of the COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Awards Program.
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October 26, 2020
A paper coauthored by Sergio Lence, professor, and Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
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September 3, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, wrote an article, "Filing crop insurance claims for derecho damage," which appeared in the Aug. 26 Wallaces Farmer online.
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August 26, 2020
A panel consisting of Chad Hart, professor, Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, and Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, presented a webinar Aug. 25 on farm leasing.
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August 21, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was interviewed by Charity Nebbe for an Aug. 20 Talk of Iowa show, "Iowa Agriculture Facing A Number Of Economic Consequences From 2020 Derecho" on Iowa Public Radio.
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August 20, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, and Chad Hart, professor, will present a webinar Aug.
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August 17, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, provided expert review of USDA’s Climate Indicators for Agriculture.
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August 14, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 14 Gizmodo story, "This Week’s Derecho Screwed U.S. Farmers."
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May 26, 2020
Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, was interviewed for a May 22 Daily Iowan story, "Farm income was up going into planting season, but not as high as president says."
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April 2, 2020
Congratulations to two faculty members who have been promoted effective the 2020-21 academic year!
Iowa State University has promoted Chad Hart from associate to full professor.
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February 10, 2020
A study led by Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, on cover crop use by farmers, was cited in a Feb. 7 story on KMAland radio.
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January 23, 2020
The Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey conducted by Iowa State University suggests that adoption of conservation practices has increased slightly since 2012, and that ongoing trends in land ownership and management are likely barriers to a