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March 14, 2024
Harris-Lagoudakis article accepted at Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (news brief)

February 27, 2024
Kalna-Dubinyuk to present at ISCORE (news brief)

February 16, 2024
DePaula publishes in VoxDev (news brief)

February 16, 2024
Plastina publishes in Carbon Balance and Management (news brief)

February 15, 2024
Decoding Iowa Farmers’ Understanding of Edge-of-Field Practices
Xiaolan Wan, Jacqueline Comito, Wendong Zhang

January 29, 2024
Sized-based Regulation and Environmental Quality: Evidence from the US Livestock Industry
Chen-Ti Chen, Gabriel E. Lade, John M. Crespi, David A. Keiser

January 26, 2024
'Farmers' Share Perspectives on Climate Change, Land Rents and Conservation in Latest Iowa Farm Poll (news release)

January 25, 2024
Cedar Rapids Food and Bioprocessors Manufacturing Report
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Chad E. Hart

January 22, 2024
Hennessy publishes in Science of the Total Environment (news brief)

January 22, 2024
Zhao, Hennessy publish in Agronomy Journal (news brief)

January 19, 2024
Arbuckle, Plastina join Journal of Soil and Water Conservation editorial board (news brief)

January 19, 2024
Chandio featured in Chicago Fed Insights (news brief)

January 19, 2024
New and updated farmer decision tools available (news brief)

December 22, 2023
Brighenti, Gassman publish in Journal of the ASABE (news brief)

December 20, 2023
Corn Ethanol Expansion and the Evolution of US Crop Patterns
T. Jake Smith, GianCarlo Moschini


Latest Media Contacts

Friday, February 23, 2024
"ISU students get in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains"
Associate Professor Bobby Martens was interviewed by Iowa State News Service for the article "ISU students get in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains," which focuses on a group of Iowa State students that recently spent a week studying soybean supply chains in person. Martens said that “There’s a transformation coming in the soybean sector, and everyone is getting set up for it now. These students will have such a leg up in understanding the changes.”

Friday, February 23, 2024
"Economist: 2023 'would go down as the worst year for pork producers ever' in Iowa"
Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by WQAD for the story "Economist: 2023 'would go down as the worst year for pork producers ever' in Iowa." The article examines US hog producer's returns in 2023. Schulz told WQAD that "When you look at hog prices, actually 2023 were the seventh highest nominal hog prices ever," Schulz said. "But when you look at costs of production, it was historically high. To put it in perspective, it was over 50% increase from 2020. And so prices haven't adjusted enough to offset those much higher costs."

Friday, February 23, 2024
"Ag groups and lawmakers warn of a monopoly in the fertilizer industry with one plant's sale"
Professor Chad Hart spoke with Kansas Public Radio for the story "Ag groups and lawmakers warn of a monopoly in the fertilizer industry with one plant's sale," which details how the sale of OCI’s Iowa Fertilizer Company could impact the industry. Hart said that "[The FTC and DOJ] tend to look at any of the big mergers that we see within agriculture, just to, you know, sort of check, and say, 'Hey, we're going to look under the hood here and see if things are running like they're supposed to be running.'"

Friday, February 9, 2024
"Iowa pork producers' losses worst in 25 years amid high costs and declining demand"
Associate Professor Lee Schulz was interviewed by The Des Moines Register for the article "Iowa pork producers' losses worst in 25 years amid high costs and declining demand," which focuses on US pork producers' returns for 2023. Schulz said that pork producer losses averaged $32 per hog last year. However, losses are forecast to shrink to $18 per head this year, iss expected to be the worst two-year stretch since 1998 and 1999.

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