August 1, 2017
Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, was interviewed by Katy Keiffer for a story in The New Food Economy, now The Counter, on "Who really owns American Farmland?"
"Think of it this way: If you wanted to buy Iowa farmland in 1970, the average going price was $419 per acre, according to the Iowa State University Farmland Value Survey. By 2016, the price per acre was $7,183 — a drop from the 2013 peak of $8,716, but still a colossal increase of 1,600 percent."