Publications: Extension and Outreach

• “New Tax Deductions in 2019 That May Affect Your Net Marketing Price and Farm Income” Extension publication to accompany Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Iowa State University Winning the Game workshop, January 2019.
• “How Patronage from Selling Grain to a Cooperative Affects Your Net Marketing Price.” Extension publication to accompany Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Iowa State University Winning the Game workshop, January 2018.
• “The Non-Price Risks of Credit Sales Contracts: Know Your Grain Buyer.” Extension publication to accompany Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Iowa State University Winning the Game workshop, January 2018.
• (with C. Li and D. Hayes). “The ‘Stover Availability versus Supply’ Puzzle and Contracting Options for Cellulosic Biomass.” Agricultural Policy Review. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Winter 2018.
• “A Discussion of the Sec 199A Deduction and its Potential Impacts on Producers and Grain Marketing Firms.” farmdoc daily (8): 13, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 26, 2018.
• “Evaluating a Company’s Financial Position before Selling Grain on Deferred Price Contracts.” Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Publication FMR 1893, October 2017.
• (with R. Ginder) “Condominium Grain Storage.” Ag Decision Maker, File A2-36, September 2017.
• “Ag Cooperatives Consolidating, Too.” AgriMarketing, April 2017, pages 16 - 18.
• (with *Z. Li and D. Hayes). “Forward Contracting by Iowa Corn Producers: Connecting Hedging with Price Movements.” Agricultural Policy Review. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Fall 2016.
• Jacobs, Keri L. “Co-ops Managing Through Low Margins,” Feedstuffs, August 8, 2016, 44.
• (with *R. Martinez-Feria and M. Wiedenhoeft). “Estimated Costs of Production for Winter Canola in Iowa.” Ag Decision Maker File A1-24, July 2016.
• (with ** S. Agarwal, Q. Weninger and J. Sawyer). “The Yield Response to Nitrogen: Subjective Belief Bias in Nitrogen Management.” Agricultural Policy Review. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Spring 2016.
• (with R. Mitchell and C. Hart). “To Grow or Not to Grow: A Tool for Comparing Returns to Switchgrass for Bioenergy with Annual Crops and CRP.” Ag Decision Maker File A1-27, January 2016.
• Wiedenhoeft, M.H., R. Martinez-Feria, T.C. Kaspar, K.L. Jacobs, “Suitability of winter canola (Brassica napus) for enhancing summer annual crop rotations in Iowa” (2015). Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports. 500.
• “The Capital Structures of Iowa’s Grain and Agricultural Supply Firms: Are Cooperatives Different than Their Investor-Owned Counterparts?” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. May 2015.
• (with Q. Weninger). “Nitrogen Management under Uncertainty: An Investigation of Farmers’ Decision Processes.” Agricultural Policy Review. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Winter 2015.
• (with C. Hart). “Cooperative Grain Margins and Implications of Crop Price Movements and Market Inverses.” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. December 2014.
• “Who Owns the Cooperative?” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. February 2014.
• “Perennial grasses for bioenergy in the central United States: Updates on economics and research progress.” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa. December 2013.
• (with L. Schulz). “Managed Haying or Grazing of CRP Acres.” Ag Decision Maker File B1-60, September 2013.
• “Understanding the Economics of a System of Perennial Grasses for Bioenergy in the Central United States.” Proceedings of the 24h Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. November 2012.