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Ag Decision Maker
(Posted on 10/26/2006)
Ag Decision Maker is an ISU Extension website that provides information and analysis to help you find solutions for the business, economic and financial decisions that face today's farmers and agri-businesses. Just click on the red Ag Decision Maker logo on the homepage.

News from Iowa State University Extension

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.

Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.