Topical Reports

2010
• Farmers’ Views on Conservation Funding and Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy Amendment

2010
• Rented Land in Iowa: Social and Environmental Dimensions

2007
• Iowa Farmer’s Views on the Bioeconomy (Opportunities, challenges, and policy and extension implications.)
• Grain storage and transportation (Iowa grain storage and transportation and ethanol productions.)
• Farmer entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship among Iowa’s farm families.)

2004
• Quality of Life (Review of changes in farmers’ perceptions of quality of life issues over two decades.)

1984
• Iowa Farmers’ Opinions about Water (Regional evaluation of water quality issues including availability, sources of pollution, and farm wells.)
• Farm Policy Issues (Evaluation of governmental support programs such as Payment in Kind (PIK), Russian grain agreement, soil conservation and beginning farmer programs, water resource policy, and on-farm diversification.)

1983
• A Look at Iowa Farm-reared Children (Family Characteristics, Children’s Characteristics, Educational Achievement, Occupations of Farm-reared Children, Place of Residence)
• Iowa Farmers’ Evaluation of Community Services (Assessment of Community Services, Changes in Community Services)
• Educational, Occupational and Residential Patterns of Iowa Farm-reared Youth. (Farm Family Characteristics, Occupational Attainment, Distance from Parents, State of Residence, Size of Community)
• Opinions About Farm Policy (Iowa farmers share opinions on governmental agricultural policies regarding agricultural subsidies, trade agreements, and tax credits.)
• A Look Toward the Future (Structure of Agriculture, Economic Outlook, Conservation Issues, Rural Crime, The Role of Government)