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Professor Chad Hart was interviewed by Iowa Public Radio for the story "The effects of bird flu ripple through one Iowa county, the hardest hit in the nation."
Associate professor Wendong Zhang was interviewed by World-Grain for the story "China hungry for more," which focuses on China's drive to become self-sufficient while growing to become the world's largest importer of agricultural products.
Lee Schulz, associate professor, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal for the article "Smithfield Foods, Citing High Costs of Operating in California, to Close Pork Plant."
The 2nd Seminar on Bridging the Gap between CGE and NQTMs, "Global Trade and Climate Change," will be held on Friday, June 10 2022 via Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)/Whova.
The family of Dr. Neil E. Harl has provided a gift commitment of $2 million to help establish the endowed Dr. Neil E. Harl Opportunity Scholarship, which will provide support for students who wish to attend the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Agricultural business major Collin Knipper was featured in a Telegraph Herald story "Dyersville resident turns love of farm toys into business his business," which focuses on his business, Farm Toys 4 You. Knipper told the Telegraph Herald that his business grew out of an Instagram page he started when he was 14 to show off his collection of farm toys. He said he invests about two hours a day in the business.
Iowa State's Community Bank Case Study competition team has advanced to the second round of the competition.
Bertan Turhan, assistant professor, has had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Economic Theory.
Professor Peter Orazem was interviewed by KCCI about gas prices for the story "Iowa gas prices just spiked again and may not come down for some time."
Peter Orazem, professor, was interviewed by Marketplace about the US labor market.
2022 Spring UPDATE newsletter is available online.
John Crespi, CARD Director, and David Hennessy, professor, published in the latest volumes of the Handbook of Agricultural Economics.
Chad Hart, professor, was interviewed by MIT Technology Review about Charm Industrial, a startup company that uses plant matter and bio-oil for carbon sequestration.
A black sheep in his own right, Jacob Ludwig, a senior double majoring in economics and political science, said his parents were surprised by his interest in politics.
“I don’t think anyone else in my family is remotely interested in politics,” Ludwig said. “So me being very interested in politics and going to law school is very unprompted; there is nothing that sparked it in my family.”
Researchers at Iowa State University found significantly different state tax rates affect where new businesses set up shop near state lines. Their study published in the journal Small Business Economics shows the fourth greatest distortion in the U.S. is between Iowa and its northwest neighbor.
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was quoted in the May 24 Morning Ag Clips article "Iowa cash rental rates rise significantly."
Chad Hart, professor, was quoted in the May 22 Ethanol Producer Magazine story "Workable Volatility."
John Winters, professor, was quoted in a May 18 WRAL story "NC ‘quit rate’ 8th highest in U.S. – but that reflects strong labor market, economists say."
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, had a carbon markets report cited in a May 9 Agri Marketing story, "FARM FOUNDATION ISSUES REPORT ANALYZING CARBON MARKETS IN THE U.S."
Thursday, 05/19/2022 12:00 AM to Friday, 05/20/2022 6:00 PM
Lot 50A (west side of Forker Building) will be closed to General Staff parking for the Special Olympics Iowa. Only ISU Reserved Permit Holders and Developmental participants with disabled parking permits will be allowed.
Aaron Steffen, steffen@iastate.edu, 294-3169
Assisting Karen in the main office this summer is Jacob Severn, a junior majoring in political science with a minor in Public Relations.
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor authored a recent Farm Foundation Issue Report “The US Voluntary Agricultural Carbon Market: Where to From Here?”
Published research co-authored by David Hennessy, professor, was cited in a May 6 Michigan Ag Connection story, "Will Climate Change Increase Risk of Aflatoxin in U.S. Corn?"
Bertan Turhan, assistant professor, presented his paper titled "How to De-reserve Reserves: Admissions to Technical Colleges in India" at School Choice Conference organized by Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland on April 25.
A paper by Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis, assistant professor, "Online shopping and the healthfulness of grocery purchases," was selected by the Food Safety and Nutrition judges of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association as the winner of the FSN Best Paper Award for 2021.
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