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Nancy B. Brannaman, BS Ag Business/Farm Operation, MS Ag Economics/Finance, ISU, will be the guest speaker at next week's meeting of the Economics Club.
Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, spoke with Lynn Hicks, Des Moines Register, about Iowa farmland owners including non-operator landlords.
Dave Swenson, associate scientist, talked with Jason Foley, Des Moines Register, about Governor Branstad’s campaign goals after five years and the role his administration has played in the state’s overall recovery from the Great Recession.
GianCarlo Moschini, professor, was interviewed for a story in Iowa Farmer Today about Syngenta's board of directors voting to accept a purchase offer from ChemChina, a Chinese state-owned chemical company.
Joshua Rosenbloom, professor and department chair, was interviewed on KCUR (Kansas City Public Radio) about how technology is changing employment and making it harder for people to hold a single job for their entire lives.
Chad Hart, associate professor, was quoted in a story in the International Business Times about international trade with Cuba and China. Read story.
Published 2-2-16
Wendong Zhang was interviewed by Amy Mayer of Iowa Public Radio about the drop in the farmland values reported in the 2015 Iowa Land Values Survey released this week.
Dave Swenson, associate scientist, talked with Jason Foley, Des Moines Register, about Governor Branstad’s campaign goals after five years and the role his administration has played in the state’s overall recovery from the Great Recession.
Dave Swenson, associate scientist, talked with Tom Brokaw, NBC News, about the economics of the Iowa Caucuses. Swenson spoke specifically about his 2008 study of the economic impact.
Dermot Hayes, professor and Pioneer Chair in Agribusiness, was interviewed by the Gazette about the renewable biochemical tax credit being considered in the General Assembly.
Dave Swenson, associate scientist of economics, talked with Rick Montgomery, Kansas City Star reporter, about the economic impact of the Iowa caucuses.
Swenson also spoke to Jeff Stein, KXEL Radio about the stock market slide due to the Chinese stock crash.
David Keiser, assistant professor of economics, was interviewed by Andy Uhler, Marketplace Radio, for a story on the economics of municipal wastewater treatment.
Published 1-12-16
On Feb. 12th, Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, presented at the Farmland Owners Workshop in Altoona, IA, organized by ISU Extension and Outreach. He spoke about situations and trends in farmland markets and farmland ownership.
Chad Hart, professor, will speak at a seminar which is part of the Iowa Corn Crop Fair Series on Friday, Feb. 12 in Shenandoah, Iowa. He will talk about the crop market outlook for 2016-2017.
Jin, Yu and Wallace E. Huffman. “Measuring Public Agricultural Research and Extension and Estimating their Impacts on Agricultural Productivity: New Insights from U.S. Evidence.” Agricultural Economics 47(2016):15-31.
"The Small Partnership Exception: An Exercise in Simplicity," Neil Harl, Tax Notes, Vol. 150, No. 2, Jan. 11, 2016.
Chad Hart, associate professor, will speak on “Managing Margins in 2016 and Beyond” at the Crop Advantage Series, January 29, iWireless Center, Moline, Illinois.
Gabriel Lade, assistant professor, has been awarded one of three $25,000 grants for seed money for the E2e energy efficiency research design competition.
Dean of Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Wendy Wintersteen was presented the Distinguished Service to Iowa Agriculture Award by the Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
Second-year graduate student Diego Soares Cardoso has been awarded the 2016 Brown Graduate Fellowship.
He will receive $10,000 on his U-bill, $5000 in August and $5000 in January, should he remain a full-time student in good standing at Iowa State.
Lee Schulz, assistant professor, received the 2016 Early Achievement Extension and Outreach Award given by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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