Plastina on derecho impact on Iowa farmers

Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 14 Gizmodo story, "This Week’s Derecho Screwed U.S. Farmers."

“It is still too early to put a value to the damages caused by the derecho in Iowa,” Alejandro Plastina, an Iowa State University economist, said in an email. “We have a big network of people trying to collect reports from all corners of the state to come up with an aggregate estimate.”