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Assistant Professor Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis and Professor John Crespi published an article in volume 142 of Food Policy.

Dr. Hongli Feng was interviewed by KAAL-TV ABC 6 about a recent cover crop study she co-authored with Zhushan Du and J. Arbuckle. The study, "Not ready for a long-term commitment?

Professor GianCarlo Moschini published in volume 74, issue 2 of Journal of Industrial Economics.

CARD Collaborator Phil Gassman published in the most recent issues of Environmental Processes and Frontiers.

Retiring Professor Chad Hart threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Iowa Cubs game on 5/19/26.

On May 14, CARD Director John Crespi met with USDA State Director for Rural Development, Mike Sexton, and USDA Deputy State Director for Rural Development, Henry Kummerer, to discuss Iowa rural development issues.

A paper authored by Assistant Professor Guilherme DePaula and PhD Student Behzad Jeddi has been selected as the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Article of the Year.

Ames, Iowa - The Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University has released the Long-Term Agricultural Outlook 2026, a renewed effort to provide transparent, model-based projections of possible long-run developments

Rabail Chandio was presented the Extension Mission Award by Iowa State's Gamma Sigma Delta chapter at their award ceremony on April 16 in Curtiss Hall’s Dolezal Auditorium.

CARD Director John Crespi spoke at the 18th Annual Egg Industry Issues Forum in Minneapolis, MN on April 16.

Postdoctoral Researcher Tetyana Kalna-Dubinyuk received a Distinguished Presentation award at the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) conference, which was held April 13–16 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

A new CARD policy brief examines how the war in Iran could potentially impact the US corn industry and finds that across the United States, corn growers could face huge potential losses.

Hyewon Lee, a PhD student in the Depatrment of Economics, was selected as the 2026 recipient of the Thamodaran Family Innovation in Agriculture Student Award. Lee conducts her research under the mentorship of Dr. David Hennessy.

Professor GianCarlo Moschini and T. Jake Smith, assistant professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and former postdoctoral researcher at CARD, published an article in volume 108 issue 3 of American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Katie Harris-Lagoudakis and her collaborators were awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant for their project "WIC Online Grocery Orders and Redemption Rates" for over $180,000.

Behzad Jeddi, a graduate student in Iowa State's Department of Economics, and Dr.

Assistant Professor Katherine Dentzman, sociology and criminal justice and research affiliate with the Iowa Soybean Research Center, is featured in a Researcher Spotlight article on the Iowa Soybean Research Center website.

Dr. Rabail Chandio was invited to speak with Iowa's House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, January 21. Dr.

John Crespi and Hongli Feng, along with collaborators from the Electric Power Research Center and the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Agronomy, and Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, have been selected for funding by