Extension Presentations
Extension
This section provides the details of my extension work.
All Presentations
Iowa State University
Sales comparison approach to appraisal: why market evidence matters
Iowa State University
The cost approach: what investment tells us about land value
Farmland Owners Workshop, Altoona, Iowa, September 12, 2025.
Farmland Markets: Inflation, Investment & Change
ASFMRA FutureEd Forum, American Society for Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Denver, Colorado, July 30, 2025.
Rural Property Appraisal
Ag Credit School, Iowa Bankers Association and Iowa State University, Ankeny, Iowa, June 5, 2025.
How do Land Markets Work?
Ag Credit School, Iowa Bankers Association and Iowa State University, Ankeny, Iowa, June 3, 2025.
Farm Real Estate
Farmland Owners Workshop, Altoona, Iowa, May 16, 2025. (~70 farmland owners).
Influences on Land Values and Ownership
Invited Guest Lecture for Agronomy AGRON 4500: Issues in Sustainable Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, April 17, 2025. (~50 students).
Introduction to Farmland Markets
Farmland Owners Workshop, Altoona, Iowa, February 21, 2025. (~70 farmland owners).
2024 in Review: The Land Markets Landscape
ISU Extension and Outreach Crops TV Series, February 6, 2025.
Farmland Values in a Changing Market
Pro-Ag Outlook Meeting at Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 3, 2025. (~50 students).
Overview of the Farmland Markets
Webinar in Northern Iowa, January 7, 2025.
Land Values in 2024 and expectations for 2025
Iowa State University
Iowa Land Value Survey News Release 2025
Iowa State University
Iowa Land Value Survey Brochure 2025
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Whose Land? Market Trends, Corporate Influence, and Foreign Investment
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Iowa farmland values inch up in market readjustment
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
The income approach: what earnings tell us about land value
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
A decade of change: liquidity and land supply in Iowa’s farmland market
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
How has farmland tenure changed in Iowa?
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Exploring foreign interest in farmland with new visualization tool
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
When crops and land part ways
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Foreign-held farmland in the United States and Iowa: scale, use, and ownership trends
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Tracking farm consolidation with the Share Weighted Size Index (SWSI)
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University
Similarities in USDA’s International Baseline Projections and their Relationship with Projection Accuracy
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Farmland Values in a Changing Market
Women in Ag Webinar, Ag Decision Maker, December 19, 2024.
Overview of the 2024 Land Markets
Press Conference, Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, December 17, 2024.
2024 Iowa Land Value Survey Press Conference
35th Integrated Crop Management Conference, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 11-12 December 2024. (~300 crop advisers and farmers).
Land market insights: Trends, drivers, and foreign ownership
Invited Guest Lecture for Ag Economics ECON 2300 Farm Business Management, Ames, Iowa, September 24, 2024. (~100 students).
Economic Analysis of Farmland Markets: An Introduction
Agricultural Law Seminar, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, Ankeny, Iowa, September 17, 2024. (~100 ag lawyers and farmers).
Ag Economic Update: Crops, Livestock, and Land
Serbian Women in Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, September 16, 2024. (~10 agribusiness owners and policy makers from Serbia).
Who Owns Iowa Land?
Farmland Owners Workshop, Altoona, Iowa, September 6, 2024. (~70 farmland owners).
Soft Landing? Iowa Farmland Values and Market Dynamics
Women in Ag, Southeast Iowa Women Managing Farmland Forum, Iowa City, Iowa, September 4, 2024. (~25 farmland owners).
Iowa & Midwest Farmland Ownership Dynamics
2024 North Central Farm Management Committee Meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, August 13, 2024. (~50 agricultural economists).
Domestic, Absentee, and Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land
2024 SMLV Land and Commodity Price Predictions, 2024 ISU 96th Annual Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference, Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa, May 15, 2024. (~200 farm managers, appraisers, ag lenders).
Land Value Predictions
2024 ISU Extension and Outreach Crops Team Spring In-Service, March 20, 2024.
Land Values and the new Land Economist
Iowa State University Agricultural Business Club, Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa, February 1, 2024.
From Pakistan to the Midwest
ASFMRA Annual Meetings, January 31-February 1, 2024. (~150 farm managers, appraisers, ag lenders).
Introduction to the Farmland Markets Extension Program
Press Conference, Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, December 12, 2023.
2023 Iowa Land Value Survey Press Conference
34th Integrated Crop Management Conference, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 4-5 December 2023. (~300 crop advisers and farmers).
Roots and Returns: Iowa Farmland Values and Ownership Dynamics
2023 Midwest Agriculture Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Invited Talk, 28 November 2023. (~100 ag policy stakeholders, economists, ag lenders).
Iowa Farmland Ownership Dynamics
2023 Virtual Pro-Ag Outlook Webinar, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 14 November 2023.
Roots and Returns: Iowa Farmland Values and Ownership Dynamics
Extension seminar, Iowa State University, 26 January 2023.
Farm Financial Outlook: Land Values and Cash Rents. Where Have They Been? And Where Will They Go?
OSU Agricultural Policy and Outlook Conference (contribution), 15 November 2022.
Ohio Farm Finance Outlook
Ask the Expert, OSU Farm Science Review, 20 September 2022, London, Ohio.
Boom or Bust: Where are Ohio Farms Financially?
AAEA Extension Graduate Student Competition, AAEA Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, 2022.
Formalizing Farm Financial Documents for Better Farm Management
Ask the Expert (contribution), OSU Farm Science Review, 21 September 2021, London, Ohio.