Farm Poll: Farmers Say Land Market Bubble Will Burst
Many farmers appear to believe that farmland is overvalued and eventually the market bubble will burst, according to the 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll....read more
USDA: Farm computer usage on the rise over past decade
Within the past 10 years, Internet access on U.S.farms has increased 19 percent, with 62 percent now....read more
Rural Sociology to Play Major Role in 20 Million Dollar Grant
The 20 million dollar USDA-NIFA funded grant was announced on February 18th in Washington D.C.....read more
Measuring growth in the Iowa agritourism industry isn't an exact science
What we found was that not many farmers are actually participating in....read more
Learning to Speak Iowan: Corn, Pigs, Cyclones and Hawkeyes
When Aileen Prabhakaran took a job in Iowa, the young doctor from India expected a land of icy winters...read more
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This year’s survey focused on topics including farmer perspectives on increases in land values, assessments of rural quality of life and other rural issues, use of different sources of information for agricultural decision making, and preferences for delivery of extension information and educational programming, use of communications technology, and concern about herbicide resistant weeds...More |
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