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Arbuckle publishes in npj Climate Action

Iowa State University Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference is May 21

Iowa State University will hold the 2025 Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference on Wednesday, May 21. The conference will offer education and networking opportunities for farm managers, rural appraisers, real estate brokers, and others interested in the land market in Iowa.

Gassman publishes in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Gassman receives USDA NIFA grant

Zhao, Chen win 2025 CARD Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Agricultural, Environmental, and Energy Economics and Policy

Can grocery purchases help you spot a Republican or a Democrat? Yes, if you have a brain scanner.

 A new study reveals that how your brain reacts to food purchasing decisions can be used to determine your political affiliation with almost 80% accuracy.

Crespi, Hayes publish in Politics and the Life Sciences

‘Too much of a good thing’: Overuse is making Bt corn less effective against rootworm

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop’s most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is reducing both the technology’s effectiveness and some farmers’ profits. The findings come from a new analysis of 12 years of field trials and seed usage data across 10 Midwestern corn-growing states, including Iowa.

Arbuckle, Elobeid, Feng, and Chen honored with CALS awards

First issue of Reaching Regions now available

Hennessy publishes in Science 387(6737)

CARD joins ISU Day at the Capitol

CARD faculty will join President Wendy Wintersteen in giving legislators and statehouse staff a close-up, in-person look at Iowa State programs.

Moschini published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Feng and Team Win Dean's Citation Award

Media contacts for the week of 1/20

Professor Chad Hart was quoted in articles from KCCI, The Guardian, and The Des Moines Register.

Hennessy publishes in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Professor David Hennessy will have an article published in the forthcoming issue of Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Hennessy authored the article "Information as a catalyst for industrialization."

Hayes publishes in Nature Communications

Professor Dermot Hayes published an article in the most recent issue of Nature Communications. Hayes authored the article "The optimum nitrogen fertilizer rate for maize in the US Midwest is increasing" with Emerson D. Nafziger of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mitchell E. Baum, John E. Sawyer, Michael J. Castellano, Marshall D. McDaniel, Mark A. Licht, Matthew J. Helmers, and Sotirios V. Archontoulis, all of Iowa State University.

DePaula publishes in Environment and Development Economics

Assistant Professor Gil DePaula published an article in the most recent issue of Environment and Development Economics. DePaula authored the article "Comparing market instruments for forest conservation in Brazil using farm-level census data" with Leandro Veloso of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.