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Sebastien Pouliot and Chad Hart, associate professors, were interviewed for a June 15th Des Moines Register story "Experts: Trump's latest tariffs put increased risk into already uncertain Iowa economy.
Sebastien Pouliot, associate professor, was interviewed by Danny Lawhon, Des Moines Register, about the impact of steel and aluminum tariffs on companies, such as Indian Motorcycles in Spirit Lake.
Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor was quoted in a June 7 ArgiNews news brief:
Rental rates for Iowa farmland increased for the first time since 2013, according to a survey conducted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a June 11 Forbes article "Evidence That New Tariffs, Not Immigrants, Are Costing Jobs."
Just a reminder that, effective April 26, 2018, Iowa State has replaced Travel & Transport with two new contracted travel agencies—Corporate Travel Partners (CTP) and Key Travel.
The impact for faculty travel is limited. As always, travelers can book their own travel directly with airlines or use their preferred travel agencies so long as they pay using a personal credit card (and not an ISU P-card).
June is a busy month for academic advisers Amy Brandau, Ebby Luvaga, and Ron Deiter.
Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, was interviewed by The New Food Economy for a story on how almost 40 percent of all farmland is rented out by non-farming landlords.
This year, Iowa State's theme at the fair, Thursday, August 9th – Sunday, August 19th, is “Design within Reach. Innovation for Iowa’s Future”, with our partner the Department of Architecture. The exhibit will include interactive displays and highlights the technology that we have here on campus. Additionally, we will have our ever-popular Cyclone tattoos, football posters, daily drawings, and the University Book Store’s Iowa State merchandise.
Chad Hart, associate professor, was interviewed by Donnelle Eller, for the June 4th Des Moines Register story "Low prices, trade disputes sow fears of '80s-style farm crisis."
Members of the economics department and the Economics Club attended the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders' meeting in Omaha on May 5, 2018.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) offers the following pre-award resources to assist faculty and staff in planning and preparing competitive grant applications.
Search for Funding Opportunities
The Office of the Vice President for Research provides links to resources for finding funding opportunities. CALS provides the following supplemental resources.
Dermot Hayes, professor, has agreed to do an interview next week, during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, with Betsy Jibben, national reporter for Farm Journal Media on how U.S.-China trade tensions could impact pork prices.
Joydeep Bhattacharya, professor, (with coauthors Richard C. Barnett and Mikko Puhakka) had his paper "Private versus public old-age security" published in J Popul Econ (2018) 31:703–746 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-017-0681-9.
Kelly and Assistant Professor Lee Schulz are the proud parents of Myron Carter, born May 28 at 7:07 a.m. Myron, who joins big sister Isla, weighed in at 8 lb. 1.5 oz. and measured 21 in. long.
Chad Hart, associate professor, did media interviews recently with:
KCCI reporter Laura Terrell about Chinese tariffs on May 29.
Danny Lawhon, Des Moines Register, about the production of industrial hemp and what that means for Iowa farmers.
Joshua Rosenbloom, professor and department chair, recently received a $229 thousand grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “Implementing Effective Sharing of Research Data.
The results from the Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2018 Survey are now available at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-10.html
Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, hosted the spring meeting of the North Central Farm Management Extension Committee (https://ncfmc.org/) in Heady Hall on May 17-18. Plastina served as elected Secretary for the NCFMEC in 2017/18.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in the May 23rd story "Farmers Nervously Await Outcome of Trade Talks" in Stateline magazine.
Joshua Rosenbloom, professor and department chair, attended the 8th Annual CALS Study Abroad Scholarship Dinner April 17.
Ag bus junior Connor Bollum was featured in the story "Study abroad is valuable to rounding out ag education" in Farm World about his study abroad experiences during his time at Iowa State.
A friendly reminder that Blackboard access ends Friday, June 1. This info may be most important for instructors who teach a course once every other year as they could have forgotten about course content that may need next time they teach the course.
The Economics administrative offices (and all university offices) will be closed on Monday, May 28, to observe the Memorial Day holiday.
Clayton Mooney, program coordinator, Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative, and his startup company KinoSol, were the topic of an Iowa State University News Service story on the success of CYstarters, Iowa State's startup accelerator that he
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