Wendong Zhang, Associate Professor of Economics

Publications

Iowa Farmland Portal

ISU China Ag center

Soil Management Land
Valuation Conference

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90^th Annual Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa

SMLV 90th anniversary cake.png — SMLV 90^th anniversary cake

Jim Frevert @ Hertz - the longest attendee; 53 years!

Passionate Dave Swenson on the community impacts of ag downturn

Pat Westhoff @ U Missouri FAPRI on ag trade and economy

Ag Finance Panel

Darrell Limkerman on the Czech-Republic project

Kristine Tidgren offering legal update

Crop market legend Wisner with Wendong Zhang and Steve Johnson

History Panel - Gary Thien and Darrell Limkerman

Dr. Pat Westhoff discusses with Dr. Al Tubbs

Mike Duffy on the long history of SMLV

Alan Czarnetski @ UNI on weather

Justin Septer from Farm Credit on interest rates

8:00 a.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	Iowa Land Values and Crop Prices – Your Estimates Dr. Wendong Zhang, Chair, Conference Planning Committee
8:45 a.m.	Agricultural Trade Drama and the Implications for the Agricultural Economy Dr. Pat Westhoff, Professor in Agricultural Economics and Director, FAPRI, U Missouri
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Panel Discussion on Agricultural Financial Conditions in the Farm Downturn Panelist: Dr. Alan Tubbs, Chairman & CEO, Ohnward Bancshares Inc., Maquoketa, Iowa Panelist: Mr. Mike Hein, Vice President, Liberty Trust and Savings Bank, Durant, Iowa Panelist: Mr. Justin Septer, Regional Vice President for Farm Credit Services of America in Southeast Iowa, Ottumwa, Iowa (Please contact Justin directly at justin.septer@fcsamerica.com for more information about his presentation)
11:45 a.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	The Summer Outlook for Temperature and Precipitation Dr. Alan Czarnetzki, Professor, Meteorology, U of Northern Iowa
1:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion on SMLV at 90: Historical Focus and Future Directions Panelist: Mr. Gary Thien, Partner, Homestead Capital, Council Bluffs, Iowa Panelist: Mr. Darrell Limkeman, Mid States Farm Management Company, Ottumwa, Iowa Panelist: Dr. Mike Duffy, Professor Emeritus, Economics, ISU
1:45 p.m.	Break
2:00 p.m.	Farm Downturn, Population Change and the Impacts on Rural Communities Mr. Dave Swenson, Associate Scientist, Economics, ISU
3:00 p.m.	Legal Update: Des Moines Water Works, Mergers, and Anti-Trust Regulations Ms. Kristine Tidgren, Assistant Director, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, ISU
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn (next year’s conference: May 16, 2018) Dr. Wendong Zhang, Assistant Professor, Economics, ISU