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| Adcock, Ed | Anders, Verl | Anderson, Christopher | Anderson, Pat | Arbuckle, Jr., J. Gordon | Arora, Kapil | Artz, Georgeanne | Baker, Dave | Baker, David W. | Baker, John | Barkema, Alan D. | Barnhart, Steve | Barrett, Tina | Bartholomae, Suzanne | Benning, Jamie | Bentley, Jenn | Boland, Mike | Brannaman, Nancy | Brees, Melvin | Brown, David | Brown, Sorrel | Carney, Dennis | Clause, Reg | Dahlke, Garland | Delate, Kathleen | Dewell, Grant | Doran, Beth | Drabenstott, Mark | Drollette, Ryan | Duffy, Michael D. | Edelman, Mark | Eggers, Tim | Ehlers, Carol | Ellis, Shane | Euken, Jill | Euken, Russ | Feng, Hongli | Ferguson, Steve | Filbert, Meghan | Fletcher, Cynthia Needles | Frickel, Ally | Giddens, Nancy | Ginder, Roger |Hanna, Mark | Gunn, Patrick | Hall, Fred | Hansen, Kyle | Harl, Neil | Hartsook, Christa | Hatting, Patrick | Hayes, Dermot | Henderson, Jason | Hodgson, Erin | Hodur, Nancy | Holz-Clause, Mary | Honeyman, Mark | Hook, Ron | Hoyer, Sherry | Hughes, Mary | Hurburgh, Charles Jr. | Hurt, Chris | Jacobs, Tammy | Jacobson, Doug | Janke, Adam | Jellum, Eric | Jensen, James | Jensen, Tovar Kitt | Jobe, Jeffery D. | Jones, Tamsyn | Kaufman, Mary Beth | Kirschenmann, Frederick | Klein, Willy | Kliebenstein, James | Lammers, Peter J. | Leistritz, F. Larry | | Li, Minghao | Liebman, Matt | Loy, Dan | McEowen, Roger A. | Meyer, Brian | Mitchell, Rob | Naeve, Lina | Nebola, Tammy | Novack, Nancy | Oberbroeckling, Sandra | Olsen, Tom | Parcell, Joe | Randall, Helen K. | Ray, Daryll | Rieck-Hinz, Angela | Rosburg, Alicia | Rosentrater, Kurt | Sawadgo, Wendiam | Sawyer, John | Schaffer, Harwood | Schnittjer, Marilyn | Schulte, Kristen | Schultz, Madeline | Schwab, Charles | Schweitzer, Dana | Sellers, Debra | Senechal, Donald | Senty , Kristin | Siefert, Elliott | Smith, Darnell | Smith, Margaret | Sternweis, Laura | Stevens, Alexis| Takle, Eugene | Taylor, Kristin | Taylor, Susan | Thessen, Greg | Thompson, Joe R. | Tigner, Robert | Tranel, Larry | Van Ginkel, Margaret | Vande Hoef, Dustin | Vegter, Matt | Wells, J. Bob | Wisner, Robert | Witt, Michael | Wollan, Barb | Xiong, Tao | Zhang, Wei |
Adcock, Ed
retired Agriculture and Life Sciences Communication Service
Newsletter Articles
Information Files
Anderson, Christopherformer agronomy research assistant professor
Newsletter Articles
- ARC/PLC payments in 2016 and 2017 -- March 2016
Anderson, Pat
Retired Extension Nutrition and Health Specialist
Information Files
Arbuckle, J
professor of rural sociology
515.294.1497
arbuckle@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Cover crops in Iowa: New survey results -- December 2022
- 2012 Iowa farm and rural life poll: Pest resistance and certified conservation -- July 2013
- 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Rural issues and quality of life -- May 2013
- 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Land values -- February 2013
- Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: 2010 summary report -- August 2011
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Personal and financial well-being -- September 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Targeted conservation and nutrient removal wetlands -- August 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Value-added agriculture -- July 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Farming and food systems in rural communities -- June 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Mixed livestock and grain farming -- May 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Farm policy and commodity production -- April 2010
- 2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: The next generation of farmers -- March 2010
Arora, Kapil
field agricultural engineer
Information Files
Decision Tools
- GH2 System Sizing Tool -- A3-42
Artz, Georgeanne
former assistant professor
Information Files
- Estimated Cost of Establishment and Production of Miscanthus in Iowa -- A1-28
- Estimated Cost of Establishment and Production of “Liberty” Switchgrass -- A1-29
Baker, David W.
extension farm transition specialist
515-252-7801
baker@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Seminar addresses multigenerational farm transitions -- December 2018
Information Files
- Are You Transferring Management? -- C4-77
Baker, John
attorney at law
Iowa Concern Hotline
2020 S DMACC Blvd.
Ankeny, IA 50021-9800
515.331.8908
jrbaker@iastate.edu
Information Files
- Are You Transferring Management? -- C4-77
- Techniques for dealing with difficult people -- C6-50
Voiced Media
Barkema, Alan D.
adbarkema@everestkc.net
Newsletter Articles
- What are the risks for farmland value? -- January 2014
Barnhart, Steve
emeritus professor
Information Files
Barrett, Tina
executive director
Nebraska Farm Business, Inc.,
402-464-6324,
tbarrett2@unl.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Cash rent increases: When is the right time to give up a lease? -- September 2015
Bartholomae, Suzanne, PhD
Extension State Specialist
Family Finance
515.294.9528
suzanneb@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Farm families and the affordable care act -- August 2014
assistant director, Ag and Natural Resources
515.294.6038
benning@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Decision Files
Bentley, Jenn
extension dairy specialist
563.382.2949
jbentley@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Taking care of YOU in turbulent times - from one "dairy girl" to the next -- June 2019
- Dairy farm stress webinar series now archived -- August 2018
Information Files
Boland, Mike
director, The Food Industry Center
University of Minnesota
612.625.3013
boland@umn.edu
Information Files
- Introduction to Governance – C5-70
- The Role of the Board of Directors -- C5-71
- Recruiting, Selecting and Developing Board Members and Managers -- C5-72
- Board of Director Evaluations -- C5-73
- Business Strategy and the Board of Directors -- C5-74
- Governance Issues Unique to Start-up Businesses -- C5-75
- Board of Director Educational Needs -- C5-76
Human Sciences Extension and Outreach
515.298.1505
dnbrown@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Nancy Brannaman
farm financial associate
515.357.0054
nbrannaman@isualum.com
Newsletter Articles
Brown, Sorrel
extension program evaluator
515.294.8802
sorrel@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- CenUSA Bioenergy in 2015 -- August 2015
Carney, Dennis
retired 5th generation farmer from North Central Iowa
Newsletter Articles
- Nationwide management practice tool: Saving Tomorrow’s Agricultural Resources (STAR) -- January 2023
Dahlke, Garland
research scientist
Iowa Pork Industry Center
Newsletter Articles
Delate, Kathleen
associate professor
Organic Agriculture Program
Newsletter Articles
- Making the transition from conventional to organic -- March 2009
Information Files
Dewell, Grant
extension beef veterinarian
Newsletter Articles
- Plan ahead to avoid heat stress in cattle -- July 2011
Doran, Beth
beef specialist
712.737.4230
doranb@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- New publication details benchmarks for Iowa feedlot cattle -- December 2021
Drabenstott, Mark
vice president & director
Center for the Study of Rural America
mark.drabenstott@kc.frb.org
Newsletter Articles
- Do farm payments promote rural economic growth? -- May 2005
- Roar of the dragon: The Asian upside for U.S. agriculture commentary on the rural economy -- November/December 2004
- Exploring Agriculture’s New Frontier -- July 2002
Drollette, Ryan
farm management specialist
319.853.8624
drollett@iastate.edu
Information Files
- Current Crop Insurance Policies -- A1-48
Voiced Media
- Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance -- A1-48
- Late and Prevented Planting – Lessons learned from 2019 -- A1-57
retired economist
Questions?
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- July 2022
- Agricultural professionals expect lower farmland values over the next 18 months -- July 2020
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- July 2019
- Land quality perceptions in expert opinion surveys: evidence from Iowa -- August 2017
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- April 2016
- Iowa land values survey - results and outlook -- January 2015
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- June 2014
- Conservation practices for landlords -- April 2014
- Have Iowa farmland values reached the top? -- October 2013
- Getting started in farming: No path is the same -- June 2013
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: a question of timing -- March 2013
- Farmland value reaches historic $8,296 statewide average -- January 2013
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: a question of timing -- July 2012
- 2011 Farmland value survey shows historic $6,708 statewide average -- January 2012
- Continuous corn versus corn/soybeans: do the relative prices change the profit comparison? -- December 2011
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: a question of timing -- April 2011
- Average value of Iowa farmland reaches $5,064 in 2010 -- January 2011
- The 2011 costs of crop production -- December 2010
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- January 2010
- Farm financial assistance available through the farm financial planning program -- November 2009
- Conservation Stewardship Program -- October 2009
- Estimating costs of crop production for 2009 -- January 2009
- Farmland ownership -- December 2008
- Average value of Iowa farmland tops $3,900 an acre in 2007 survey -- January 2008
- Iowa farmland value at record level for fourth year in a row -- January 2007
- Where will the corn come from? -- November 2006
- Harvest fuel costs -- October 2005
- What will happen to the value of farmland over the next several years? -- July 2005
- Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- June 2005
- Trends in Iowa farmland ownership -- October 2004
- Lessons from Australian agriculture -- February 2004
- Estimated Costs of Pasture and Hay Production -- A1-15
- Estimated Costs for Production, Storage and Transportation of Switchgrass - A1-22
- Value of Soil Erosion to the Land Owner -- A1-75
- Evaluating Profitability of Crop Rotations -- A1-80
- Rotation Profitability Calculator -- A1-80
- Rotation Profitability Calculator - using optimal nitrogen rate -- A1-80
Edelman, Mark
emeritus economics professor
Newsletter Articles
- Beginning farmer opportunities and renewable energy are top farm bill priorities for Iowa farmers -- July 2007
Eggers, Tim
former extension field economist
agdm@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Adding additional work off-the-farm -- April 2017
- Why have farm family living expenses been identified as a problem? -- February 2017
- Farm newsletters -- are they worth the effort? -- August 2016
- Finding financial measurement standards at the AAEA meetings -- September 2013
- Retirement planning for farm families -- March 2012
- Farm leasing arrangements -- July 2005
- Farmland Lease Annual Report Form -- C2-06
- Developing a Farm Newsletter for Landlords -- C2-14
- Financial Troubleshooting -- C3-53
- Retirement Planning for Farm Families -- C4-56
- Estate Planning Questionnaire -- C4-57
- Aronia Berry Production Budget -- A1-17
- Beef Cow Share Agreement Analysis -- C2-36
- Customfarming -- A3-15
- Cash Rental Rates -- C2-10
- Flexible Farm Lease Agreements - C2-21
- Farm Operation's Cash Flow Budgeting -- C3-15
Ehlers, Carol
human sciences specialist
xehlers@iastate.edu
Information Files
Decision Tools
Voiced Media
Ellis, Shane
former extension field specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Fall 2013 considerations for beginning farmers -- November 2013
- Grazing survey indicates which counties have highest, lowest rental rates per acre -- October 2007
Euken, Jill
retired program director
Bioeconomy Institute [BEI]
Newsletter Articles
- CenUSA Bioenergy in 2015 -- August 2015
Euken, Russ
ISU extension livestock specialist
641.923.2856
reuken@iastate.edu
Iowa Beef Center
Information Files
- Beef Cow Systems Budget Model – B1-25
- Assessing Economic Opportunity of Improving Mortality Rate in Wean-to-Finish Swine Production -- B1-78
- Assessing Economic Opportunity of Improving Mortality Rate in Breed-to-Wean Swine Production -- B1-79
Decision Tools
- Beef Cow Systems Budget Model – B1-25
- Pig Survivability Project: Wean-to-finish mortality economic modeling -- B1-78
- Pig Survivability Project: Breed-to-wean mortality economic modeling -- B1-79
Feng, Hongli
Endowed Professor for Excellence in Agricultural Economics
Iowa State University Department of Economics
hfeng@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Crop insurance 2022 in review and call for participants for a crop insurance survey -- February 2023
Ferguson, Steve
tax credit program
Iowa Agricultural Development Division
515-452-0467
Newsletter Articles
- Iowa beginning farmer tax credits and loan programs -- September 2021
Filbert, Meghan
livestock program manager
Practical Farmers of Iowa
515.232.5661
meghan@practicalfarmers.org
Newsletter Articles
Information Files
- Economics of Cover Crops -- A1-91
Decision Tools
- Economics of Cover Crops -- A1-91
Fletcher, Cynthia Needles
retired extension specialist
Information Files
- Managing Farm Family Finances -- C3-51
Frickel, Ally
program specialist
Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach
515.294.0659
Newsletter Articles
- Farmers and cybersecurity -- January 2022
Information Files
- Everyone has a Role in Cybersecurity -- C6-59
Giddens, Nancy
agricultural extension marketing specialist
Missouri Value-added Development Center
University of Missouri
Information Files
- Adding Value -- C5-01
- Capturing vs. Creating Value -- C5-05
- Marketing Research - Finding the Best Consultant to Hire --C5-24
- Do You Know Your Customer? -- C5-25
- Finding Your Facts - A Quick Guide to Developing a Questionnaire -- C5-26
- Conducting a Competitive Analysis - Is There Room for your Business? -- C5-29
- Building your Brand -- C5--50
- Building Your Brand with Flanker Brands -- C5-51
- Building your Brand with Brand Line Extensions -- C5-52
- Brand Leveraging -- C5-53
- Brand Loyalty -- C5-54
Ginder, Roger
retired extension economist
Newsletter Articles
- What to do with all that corn? -- October 2005
Information Files
- Condominium Grain Storage -- A2-36
former extension beef cow-calf specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Join Start to Farm, a network for new farmers -- September 2016
- Updated tools for calculating net present value of beef replacement females -- March 2016
Information Files
- Raising Versus Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement -- B1-73
- Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females -- B1-74
- Ten Ways to Reduce Feed Costs in Cow-calf Operations -- B1-77
Decision Tools
- Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females (single replacement) -- B1-74
- Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females (group of replacements) -- B1-74
Hall, Fred
dairy specialist
712.737.4230
fredhall@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Market reality, stress and grief -- March 2019
- Dairy farm stress webinar series now archived -- August 2018
Hanna, Mark
retired associate scientist of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
hmhanna@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Minimize risk by monitoring farm energy costs -- August 2013
- Conserve fuel and energy when moving snow -- January 2013
- Payback for energy-related farm projects -- April 2012
- New publication helps farmers use data for tractor selection -- September 2011
Information Files
- Buying Used Machinery -- A3-22
- Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines -- A3-24
- Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Iowa -- A3-25
- Fuel Required for Field Operations -- A3-27
Harl, Neil
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Emeritus Professor of Economics
- Dividing up assets after death -- February 2015
- The agricultural act of 2014 -- March 2014
- Conflicts between landlord and tenant -- April 2013
- Fairness in estate and business planning -- October 2012
- S corporations and the “two-year” rule -- September 2012
- Proposed regulations recognize uniqueness of LLCs and other pass through entities: passive loss rules relaxed -- April 2012
- The “small partnership” exception: a way to escape partnership tax complexity -- March 2012
- Depreciating farm drainage tile -- February 2012
- Dynasty trusts: Another view -- January 2012
- Portability - great idea but full of planning problems -- October 2011
- The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 -- February 2011
- When is an operating arrangement a partnership? -- November 2010
- Change of “taxpayer” after crop insurance (and disaster payment) deferral -- February 2010
- Worker, homeownership, and business assistance act of 2009 -- December 2009
- Hazards of basing an estate plan on successive life estates -- November 2009
- The Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims agree: Members of LLCs and LLPs are not to be treated as limited partners -- October 2009
- Side-stepping SE tax on a trade? -- July 2009
- Economic state of the ag sector -- June 2009
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- April 2009
- IRS says amendments to regulations needed for late section 179 elections on amended returns after 2007 -- November 2008
- Payment limitations in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) -- September 2008
- Tax provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) -- August 2008
- Congressional research service report to Congress on CRP is incomplete and misleading -- May 2008
- Self-employment tax for spouses receiving farm program payments? -- March 2008
- No “basis shifting” in related party like-kind exchange -- April 2007
- IRS notice on SE tax on CRP Payments -- February 2007
- The latest on reporting CSP payments -- November 2006
- Further guidance on where real property interests constitute an interest in a closely-held business for purposes of I.R.C. § 6166 -- October 2006
- Fixing values at death for federal estate tax purposes -- July 2006
- What’s ahead for federal gift tax? -- June 2006
- Self-employment tax on contract production “rents”-- April 2006
- More on handling CSP payments -- March 2006
- “Cashing out” with related party exchanges -- February 2006
- Reporting Conservation Security Program payments -- January 2006
- Major developments in Chapter 12 bankruptcy -- October 2005
- The debate over repeal of the Federal Estate Tax: The income tax basis issue -- September 2005
- Recapture in like-kind exchanges -- August 2005
- LLCs and passive activity losses -- May 2005
- Reporting income under ledger contracts -- September 2004
- Is “residual fertilizer supply” in farmland deductible? -- July 2004
- Disposition of installment obligations -- June 2004
- Meals and lodging: Not deductible for non-employees -- May 2004
- Hedging or speculation: Watch who does the hedging -- February 2004
- Repair or capitalize expenditures? -- January 2004
- Depreciation on listed property vehicles -- January 2004
- Presence of Mad Cow disease in U.S. raises significant questions concerning U.S. food safety policies -- December 2003
- Federal estate taxation of farm and ranch estates -- November 2003
- To repeal or not repeal the rule against perpetuities -- September 2003
- Cash renting after death: A problem for installment payment of Federal Estate Tax? -- August 2003
- Developments in CRP payment reporting -- July 2003
- Jobs and growth tax relief reconciliation act of 2003 -- June 2003
- Self-Employment tax on rented land if some land is not rented -- April 2003
- Purchasing QFOBI assets from the estate -- March 2003
- When are livestock exchanges “Like-Kind”? -- March 2003
- When a contract obligor becomes an owner of the contract -- February 2003
- Changing CCC loan reporting -- April 2002
- Key Supreme Court ruling on plant patents -- March 2002
- Final regulations on income averaging for farmers -- February 2002
- Handling gains and losses on cooperative stock -- February 2002
- Handling joint tenancies at death -- January 2002
- Applying the new capital gains rules -- January 2002
Hartsook, Christa
program manager
Small Farms Program
Food, Farm and Enterprise Development
Iowa State University
515-294-4430
- Acreage Living newsletter addresses April showers, May flowers and other spring issues -- April 2015
- Iowa Market Maker - linking agricultural markets -- February 2006
- The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center for value-added agriculture -- November 2003
Hatting, Patrick
farm management field specialist
hatting@iastate.edu
Information Files
Voiced Media
Hayes, Dermot
professor of economics
568C Heady
Ames, IA 50011-1070
515.294.6185
dhayes@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- China’s new nationwide E10 ethanol mandate and its global implications -- November 2017
- A New Brand of Agriculture? Farmer-Owned Brands Reward Innovation -- December 2002
Henderson, Jason
associate dean
College of Agriculture and Director of Purdue Extension
Newsletter Articles
- What are the risks in today’s farmland market? -- June 2011
- Financial challenges facing farm enterprises -- April 2010
- Prospects for a rural recovery -- December 2009
- When will agricultural demand rebound? -- August 2009
- Agricultural credit standards tighten -- May 2009
- Are energy prices threatening the farm boom? -- November 2008
- Rural America's emerging knowledge economy -- August 2005
- Wildlife recreation: Rural America’s newest billion dollar industry -- January 2005
- Globalization forces rural America to blaze a new trail -- March 2004
- Building New Competitive Advantages for the 21st Century -- June 2003
Hodur, Nancy
research scientist
Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
North Dakota State University
Information Files
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Investor Attitudes and Expectations -- C5-181
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Financial Structure and Performance -- C5-182
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Strategic Planning and Implementation-- C5-183
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Organizational Issues -- C5-184
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Management and Operations -- C5-185
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Local Infrastructure and Support -- C5-186
extension entomologist
515.294.2847
ewh@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
former co-director, Ag Marketing Resource Center
former associate vice president for ISU Extension and Outreach
Information Files
- Where to Find Information for Doing Marketing and Business Studies -- C5-21
- Marketing Research Tools -- C5-22
- Understanding Consumers -- C5-27
- Conducting Market Research -- C5-30
- Marketing on the Internet -- C5-34
- Catering - Events and Festivals -- C5-36
- Community Supported Agriculture -- C5-37
- Restaurant and Institutional Sales -- C5-38
- How to Approach Potential Buyers -- C5-39
- What is a Feasibility Study? -- C5-65
- Feasibility Study Outline -- C5-66
- Using Trade Shows for Product Promotion -- C5-140
- Choosing a Distributor for Your Product -- C5-161
- Using Group Conflict to Improve Your Project -- C6-55
- Good Communications Can Help Solve Problems -- C6-56
Honeyman, Mark
associate professor
Dept. of Animal Science
Ames, IA 50011
515.294.4621
honeyman@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Information Files
Decision Tools (xls)
Hook, Ron
retired extension farm management specialist
Newsletter Articles
Hoyer, Sherry
Iowa Pork Industry Center
515.294.4496
shoyer@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Plan ahead to avoid heat stress in cattle -- July 2011
- Switching to organic pork production has potential advantages and drawbacks -- June 2009
Hughes, Mary
retired extension families program specialist
Information Files
Hurburgh, Charles Jr.
Chair, Iowa Grain Quality Initiative
Professor of agricultural engineering
Newsletter Articles
- Flooding and stored grain -- July 2011
- Quality Management Systems for Grain Markets -- May 2003
- Source Verification for Iowa Specialty Grain Markets -- April 2003
Information Files
- Grain Price Hedging Basics -- A2-60
- Using Hedging in a Marketing Program -- A2-61
- Hedging vs. Forward Cash Contracting -- A2-62
human sciences extension and outreach hotlines coordinator
515.727.0656
trjacobs@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Iowa Concern Hotline provides resources for Iowa farmers -- October 2018
university professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
515.294.8307
dougj@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Farmers and cybersecurity -- January 2022
Janke, Adam
extension wildlife specialist
515.294.7429
ajanke@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- USDA announces CRP changes to help improve water quality, wildlife habitat, and land transfers to beginning farmers -- March 2017
Jellum, Eric
Jellum Farm
research project coordinator
jellumfm@gmail.com
Newsletter Articles
Jensen, James
retired extension farm management specialist
Newsletter Articles
- CSR gets a makeover in forming the new CSR2 Productivity Index -- September 2013
- Managing the margins -- December 2007
- New short form cash rent lease available -- October 2005
Jensen, Kitt Tovar
Beginning Farmer Center coordinator
515.294.5608
kwtovar@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Assembling your estate planning team -- March 2023
- Farm Transitions Conference to be held in Ames February 9-10, 2023 -- December 2022
- Join us as we explore the essentials of a successful farm transition -- January 2022
Voiced Media
- Building Your Professional Team -- C4-55
Jobe, Jeffery D.
Rural Business and Cooperative specialist
USDA Rural Development
Information Files
- How to Use Grants -- C5-08
Jolly, Robert
professor emeritus
Newsletter Articles
- Managing through a recession: options for farm operators and agriculture lenders -- February 2009
- A panel study of Iowa farm financial conditions: 2000-2007 -- May 2008
- Changes in Farm Financial Performance and Structure Between 1997 and 2002 -- January 2003
Information Files
- Financial Troubleshooting -- C3-53
- Setting Personal, Family and Business Goals for Business Success -- C6-42
- Internal Scanning -- C6-45
Outreach and Publications coordinator Practical Farmers
515.232.566
tamsyn@practicalfarmers.org
Newsletter Articles
Kaufman, Mary Beth
retired extension families field specialist
Kirschenmann, Frederick
retired director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
leopold@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Can We Save "Agriculture of the Middle?" -- April 2003
Klein, Willy
retired Extension and Outreach organizational advancement
Newsletter Articles
- ISU Extension presenting an overview of the 2014 Farm Bill -- November 2014
- Help farmers cope with stress -- November 2014
- Experts at Farm Progress Show encourage water quality improvement practices supported by research -- September 2014
- Corn nitrogen rate calculator helps farmers determine fertilizer needs, protects environment -- November 2012
- Focus on fires for 2012 harvest -- August 2012
- Road safety: a shared responsibility -- September 2011
- Flooding and stored grain -- July 2011
- Get the facts on selling and buying manure in Iowa -- December 2008
Kliebenstein, James
emeritus professor of economics
Newsletter Articles
Lammers, Peter J.
Department of Animal Science
Information Files
Decision Tools (xls)
Leistritz, F. Larry
Professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
North Dakota State University
Newsletter Articles
- Farmer-owned processing business success factors -- January 2008
Information Files
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Investor Attitudes and Expectations -- C5-181
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Financial Structure and Performance -- C5-182
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Strategic Planning and Implementation-- C5-183
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Organizational Issues -- C5-184
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Management and Operations -- C5-185
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Local Infrastructure and Support -- C5-186
Li, Minghao
postdoctoral researcher
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Iowa State University
Newsletter Articles
- Key agricultural products in U.S.-China trade disputes: the proportional, the significant, and the substitutable -- April 2018
- Navigating the Chinese agricultural economy through the lens of Iowa -- February 2018
- China’s new nationwide E10 ethanol mandate and its global implications -- November 2017
Liebman, Matt
H.A. Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture
Information Files
Loy, Dan
Director
Iowa Beef Center
dloy@iastate.edu
Information Files
- Ten Ways to Cut Cattle Feeding Costs -- B1-71
Decision Tools
- Silage Pricer -- A1-65
McEowen, Roger A.
former director of the ISU Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation
Newsletter Articles
- VeraSun Energy bankruptcy poses perils for farmers and elevators -- December 2008
- Top ten agricultural law developments of 2006 -- January 2007
- U.S. Supreme Court muddies the waters on isolated wetlands -- August 2006
- Top ten agricultural law developments of 2005 -- January 2006
- Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (last in a series) -- April 2005
- Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (second in a series) -- March 2005
- Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (first in a series) -- February 2005
associate director for Strategic Communications
515.294.0706
bmeyer@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy annual report available -- March 2019
Mitchell, Rob
research agronomist
USDA-ARS and adjunct professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rob.Mitchell@ars.usda.gov
Information Files
retired Value Added Agriculture
Newsletter Articles
- Acreage Living newsletter addresses April showers, May flowers and other spring issues -- April 2015
Nebola, Tammy
loan programs
Iowa Agricultural Development Division
515-452-0467
Newsletter Articles
- Iowa beginning farmer tax credits and loan programs -- September 2021
Novack, Nancy
associate economist
Center for the Study of Rural America
nancy.l.novack@kc.frb.org
Newsletter Articles
- Roar of the dragon: The Asian upside for U.S. agriculture commentary on the rural economy -- November/December 2004
- Rising Farmland Values: Some Implications for Rural America -- July 2003
- Building New Competitive Advantages for the 21st Century -- June 2003
- The Rise of Ethanol in Rural America -- June 2002
Oberbroeckling, Sandra
community relations specialist
515.294.3721
soberbr@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Extension and Outreach offers one-stop Iowa data resource center -- February 2016
Olsen, Tom
retired ag business management specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Value of manure nutrients -- March 2007
Information Files
- Value of Manure Nutrients -- B1-65
- Estimated Costs for Livestock Fencing -- B1-75
Decision Tools
- Manure Calculator -- B1-65
Parcell, Joe
extension economist
University of Missouri
Information Files
- Developing a Farm Newsletter for Landlords -- C2-14
- Adding Value -- C5-01
- Capturing vs. Creating Value -- C5-05
Randall, Helen K.
HKR Communications & Marketing
Des Moines, Iowa
Information Files
- A Marketing Primer for Businesses -- C5-15
- How Much Should I Spend on Marketing -- C5-16
- Using Trade Shows for Product Promotion -- C5-140
Ray, Daryll E.
Emeritus Professor, Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture
University of Tennessee
Retired Director, UT Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
dray@utk.edu
Newsletter Articles
- During this time of low net returns and operating loan rejections, farmers’ access to supportive hotlines can be life saving -- March 2018
- Value of the dollar and exports of major agricultural crops -- April 2015
- Is Brazil the reservoir of future agricultural productive capacity? -- December 2012
- Price and yield (and revenue) risks: Is insurance up to the task of handling them all? -- June 2012
- Farmers have consistently produced themselves out of prosperity - what about this time? -- November 2011
- Impacts of a farm policy do-over for historical 1998 to 2010 -- October 2011
- USDA to prepare carbon measurement and management guidelines -- March 2011
- Farmers had a major role in jump-starting ethanol-based increases in corn demand -- January 2011
- BRICs: A “game changing” group of developing countries? -- June 2010
- The hog industry: It wasn’t supposed to happen this way! -- October 2009
- No time to get greedy -- May 2009
- Marketing E85: Big oil obstacles and ethanol industry opportunities -- June 2007
- Subsidy elimination: Would it be the panacea seen by some? -- January 2007
- Proposed farm policy changes in the U.S. vs. Brazil and Canada: Ships passing in the night -- July 2006
- In the agricultural “whodunit,” subsidies may not be the prime suspect -- March 2006
- Two issues may shape the 2007 Farm Bill -- November 2005
- Farmers tend to respond similarly, the world around -- June 2005
- Acreage devoted to export production shrinks over last 25 years -- February 2005
- China: Will they or won’t they? -- August 2004
- Farm export optimism and upgrading Mississippi locks and dams -- July 2004
- Short-term price spikes often have long-term consequences -- May 2004
- World Bank study: Trade liberalization would shut down two-thirds of EU’s grain and oilseed production -- January 2004
- World Bank study: China becomes dependent on imports to feed its population. Really? -- December 2003
- Income-rich Saudi Arabia prefers grow-their-own food security -- March 2003
- Are we better off without government stocks overhanging the market? -- September 2002
- This is not your father’s ol’-farm-bill! -- May 2002
- Are we courting disaster? -- February 2002
Rieck-Hinz, Angela
extension field agronomist
amrieck@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Conservation practices and land leases -- August 2018
- Get the facts on selling and buying manure in Iowa -- December 2008
Rosburg, Alicia
associate professor of economics and provost's fellow for sustainability
University of Northern Iowa
alicia.rosburg@uni.edu
Information Files
Decision Tools
Rosentrater, Kurt
associate professor
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Information Files
Decision Tools
- GH2 System Sizing Tool -- A3-42
Sawadgo, Wendiam
assistant professor and extension economist
Auburn University (Alabama)
ISU Department of Economics PhD graduate
wendiam@auburn.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Cover crop cost-share programs in Iowa: do they work? -- June 2021
- Iowa Cover Crop - Crop Insurance Demonstration Pilot survey results -- September 2020
Sawyer, John
extension soil fertility specialist
2104 Agronomy
Ames, IA 50011-1010
515.294.1923
jsawyer@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- New website for regional corn nitrogen rate calculator -- June 2016
- High nitrogen fertilizer prices - again -- February 2006
Schaffer, Harwood D.
adjunct research assistant professor
Sociology Department
University of Tennessee and Director
Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
hdschaffer@utk.edu
Newsletter Articles
- During this time of low net returns and operating loan rejections, farmers’ access to supportive hotlines can be life saving -- March 2018
Schnittjer, Marilyn
former extension family life specialist
Information Files
- What is Important to Me? -- C6-43
Schulte, Kristen
Former Farm Business Management Specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Farm bill and changes for dairy producers -- April 2014
- Getting your financial records in working order for 2014 -- December 2013
- Planning for the future with enterprise analysis -- December 2012
- Assessing how you stand financially -- February 2012
Schultz, Madeline
Women in Agriculture program manager
515.294.0588
schultz@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Registration open for Women in Ag Leadership Conference -- November 2022
- Voices of Iowa women farmland owners -- September 2022
Schwab, Charles
retired Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Newsletter Articles
- Focus on fires for 2012 harvest -- August 2012
- Road safety: a shared responsibility -- September 2011
Schwab, Denise
extension beef specialist
319.472.4739
dschwab@iastate.edu
Information Files
Schweitzer, Dana
program coordinator, Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium
515.294.6286
schweitz@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Two-year case study shows energy used for grain drying -- October 2015
- Minimize risk by monitoring farm energy costs -- August 2013
- Conserve fuel and energy when moving snow -- January 2013
- Payback for energy-related farm projects -- April 2012
- New publication helps farmers use data for tractor selection -- September 2011
- New publication helps farmers increase drying efficiency with dryeration -- January 2011
Human Sciences Extension and Outreach
515.294.2312
dsellers@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Senechal, Donald
Founding Principal, The Windmill Group, LLC
701.465.3200
donald.senechal@verison.net
Newsletter Articles
- Value-added business success factors -- the role of local infrastructure and support -- June 2008
- Value-added business success factors -- March 2008
Information Files
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Investor Attitudes and Expectations -- C5-181
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Financial Structure and Performance -- C5-182
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Strategic Planning and Implementation-- C5-183
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- Organizational Issues -- C5-184
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Management and Operations -- C5-185
- Value-added Business Success Factors -- The Role of Local Infrastructure and Support -- C5-186
Senty, Kristin
former economics communications specialist
Newsletter Articles
- From farm crisis to historic land values, Duffy shares the economics of hope -- August 2014
- William Edwards reflects on his lifelong connection with ISU Extension and Outreach -- August 2013
Siefert, Elliott
Hertz Farm Management and Real Estate Services
515.382.1500
Information Files
- Farmland Value Survey -- C2-75
Smith, Darnell
former extension economics-ag program specialist
Newsletter Articles
- A panel study of Iowa farm financial conditions: 2000-2007 -- May 2008
- Changes in Farm Financial Performance and Structure Between 1997 and 2002 -- January 2003
Smith, Margaret
retired extension value added ag specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Join Start to Farm, a network for new farmers -- September 2016
Information Files
- Iowa Farm Transition Case Studies -- C4-78
Sternweis, Laura
extension communications and external relations
515.294.0775
lsternwe@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- ISU Extension and Outreach provides resources on human impact of avian influenza -- July 2015
- Retirement resources for every age -- February 2015
- 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Land values -- February 2013
- New publication helps farmers increase drying efficiency with dryeration -- January 2011
Stevens, Alexis
extension farm management specialist
515-386-0343,
ahooper@iastate.edu
Information Files
- Important Crop Insurance Dates -- A1-50
Takle, Eugene
Professor of Atmospheric Science and Professor of Agricultural Meteorology
515.294.9871
gtakle@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- More and stronger extreme weather events -- March 2023
- A wetter and drier world -- February 2023
- Oceans are becoming acidic -- December 2022
- Warming oceans raise sea level -- November 2022
- Melting snow and ice raises sea level -- October 2022
- Arctic sea ice is disappearing -- September 2022
- Scientific agreement on climate change -- August 2022
- Is the Earth’s warming just natural variability? -- July 2022
- Are volcanic eruptions warming the earth? -- June 2022
- Returns to farmland ownership in Iowa -- June 2022
- Is the sun causing the earth to warm? -- May 2022
- Has the earth’s climate changed before? -- April 2022
- The importance of water vapor -- March 2022
- The role of ozone in global warming -- February 2022
- Black carbon - the power of soot -- January 2022
- Nitrous oxide - long-lasting and powerful -- December 2021
- Methane - powerful but short-lived -- November 2021
- Carbon dioxide has warmed the planet before -- October 2021
- The atmosphere is like a bathtub -- September 2021
- The power of carbon dioxide -- August 2021
- The Greenhouse Effect is proven science -- July 2021
- Exploring the greenhouse effect -- June 2021
- The earth is getting warmer -- May 2021
- What is the difference between weather and climate? -- April 2021
- A trip through the science of a warming planet -- March 2021
- Global warming - impact of climate change on global agriculture -- October 2008
- Global warming - impacts of global climate change on the Midwest -- July 2008
- Global warming - more on bio-fuels -- June 2008
- Global warming - are bio-fuels good or bad? -- May 2008
- Global warming - agriculture’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions -- April 2008
- Global warming - impact of greenhouse gases -- March 2008
- Global warming - the science -- February 2008
communications specialist
ISU Extension and Outreach Human Sciences
515.294.8538
taylork@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Taylor, Susan
retired family finance specialist
563.583.6496
taylorse@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Farm families and the affordable care act -- August 2014
Thessen, Greg
Director
Upper Midwest Regional Office
National Agricultural Statistics Service,
United States Department of Agriculture
greg.thessen@usda.gov
Newsletter Articles
Information Files
- Overview of Confidentiality Agreements -- C5-80
- Sample One-Sided Confidentiality Agreement -- C5-81
- Sample Mutual Confidentiality Agreement -- C5-82
- Overview of Consulting Agreements -- C5-83
- Sample Consulting Agreement -- C5-84
- Overview of Letters of Intent -- C5-85
- Sample Letter of Intent -- C5-86
- Overview of Uniform Marketing Agreements -- C5-87
- Sample Uniform Marketing and Delivery Agreement -- C5-88
Tigner, Robert
Nebraska extension educator
rtigner2@unl.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Dairy farming success in the bioeconomy -- February 2008
Information Files
dairy specialist
563.583.6496
tranel@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Good grief - we just lost... -- October 2019
- Farm youth stress & challenges -- September 2019
- Helping farm men under crisis -- August 2019
- Keys when "married" to farm stress -- May 2019
- A "PRIMER" on farm stress resiliency -- April 2019
- Market reality, stress and grief -- March 2019
- Dairy farm stress webinar series now archived -- August 2018
Van Ginkel, Margaret
retired family finance specialist
Newsletter Articles
- Help farmers cope with stress -- November 2014
Vande Hoef, Dustin
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
515.281.3375
Dustin.VandeHoef@Iowaagriculture.gov
Newsletter Articles
- Corn nitrogen rate calculator helps farmers determine fertilizer needs, protects environment -- November 2012
Vegter, Matt
Hertz Farm Management and Real Estate Services
515.382.1500
Information Files
- Farmland Value Survey -- C2-75
Wells, J. Bob
former extension agriculture economics specialist
Iowa State University
Newsletter Articles
- Protecting human resources should be part of farm risk management -- September 2010
Information Files
Wisner, Robert
retired biofuels economist
- Biofuels and grain balance sheets -- August 2009
- Is China about to drop out of the corn export market? -- October 2004
- Will there be enough corn: Implications for related industries -- September 2004
- Will there be enough corn to supply future needs? -- August 2004
- Direct and Counter Cyclical Farm Program Payments -- August 2003
- Counter-Cyclical Payments for Corn and Soybeans -- February 2003
- Pre-harvest new-crop corn and soybean pricing strategies show incentives for using options markets -- September 2002
- Crop Marketing Terms -- A2-05
- Charting Commodity Futures -- A2-20
- Crop Price Hedging Basics -- A2-60
- Using Hedging in a Marketing Program -- A2-61
- Hedging vs. Forward Cash Contracting -- A2-62
- Do You Need a Market Advisory Service? -- A2-70
Witt, Michael
field agronomist
Iowa State University
witt@iastate.edu
Information Files
Decision Tools
Wollan, Barb
Human Sciences Extension and Outreach, Family Finance
515.832.9597
bwollan@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
- Retirement resources for every age -- February 2015
Xiong, Tao
associate professor
CARD visiting scholar
taoxiong@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles
Zhang, Wei
assistant professor of marketing
515.294.7911
wtzhang@iastate.edu
Newsletter Articles