Extension Articles
- Tong, J., and W. Zhang. 2023. "Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey 1982–2022: A Forty-Year Perspective." Working paper 23-WP 651. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.
- Taylor, M., F. Attah, and W. Zhang. 2023. "Foreign Investment in Agricultural Land." Southern Ag Today, May 17, 2023
- Zhang, W. 2022, “Record Iowa Farmland Values despite Concerns about Higher Inflation, Interest Rates.” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, December 2022
- Tong, J., and W. Zhang. 2022. "Voices of Iowa Women Landowners on Conservation" Blog at Iowa Learning Farms and Conservation Learning Group
- Zhang, W. 2022. "Will the Soaring Farmland Market Continue to Rise?" Ag Decision Maker Special Report, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2022
- Zhang, W. and M. Duffy, 2022, “Comparing the Stock Market and Iowa Land Values: A Question of Timing” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2022
- Du, Z., Feng, H., and W. Zhang. 2022. “Carbon and Nutrient Co-benefits of Large Conservation Programs: An Illustration with EQIP in Iowa.” Agricultural Policy Review, Spring 2022. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University
- He, X., D. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2022. “US Agricultural Exports to China during the Phase One Trade Deal: Larger Pie,
Smaller Slice?” Agricultural Policy Review, Spring 2022. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. - Wan, X., Y. Ji, and W. Zhang. 2022. “Iowa Lakes Drive over $1 Billion in Recreational Spending each Year.” Agricultural
Policy Review, Spring 2022. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - He, X, M. Carriquiry, W. Zhang, and D. Hayes. 2021. "Predicting China's Corn Acreage and Production in 2021/22 and 2022/23". Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2021, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
- He, X., Gil DePaula, and W. Zhang. 2021. "Brazil's Transportation Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Soybean Market" Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2021, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
- Li, M., and W. Zhang. 2021. "Finding Firmer Ground: the Role of Agricultural Cooperaton in U.S.-China Relations." A report by U.S.-Heartland China Associaiton and the Carter Center.
- He+, X., and W. Zhang. 2021. “China’s Changing Population Structure and its Implications for US Agricultural Exports”, Agricultural Policy Review, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Spring 2021
- Zhang, W. 2021. “Will Iowa Farmland Values Continue to Rise?”, Agricultural Policy Review, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Spring 2021
- He, X., D. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2021. "Is China’s Hog Rebuilding Complete? Reconciling Inventory and Price Data", Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2021, Iowa State University
- Cheng, N.Y. and W. Zhang. 2021. "What do Farmers and Researchers Think About Mesotunnels and Biological Controls for Cucurbit Crops? Responses from 2020 surveys." Iowa State University Current Cucurbit Technical Blog, August 2021.
- Cheng, N.Y. and W. Zhang. 2020. "Does Investing in the Intelligent Sprayer Make Economic Sense?" Iowa State University Smart Spraying for Apples Blog, January 2021.
- Cheng, N.Y. and W. Zhang. 2020. "How do we assess the economic efficiency of mesotunnels? An economist’s take." Iowa State University Current Cucurbit Blog, September 2020.
- Maule, B., W. Zhang, and D. Baker. 2021. "Iowa Farmers’ Business and Farm Transfer Plans: A Comparison between 2019 and 2006", Ag Decision Maker Blog
- Zhang, W. 2021. "Outlook for Land Values in 2021 and Beyond: Results from the 2020 Iowa Land Value Survey" Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. January 2021
- Zhang, W., and M. Li, 2020. "Most US Farmers Remain Loyal to Trump Despite Pain from Trade Wars and COVID-19" the Conversation. October 2020 (French Version)
- He, X., D. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2020. "The Impact of Flooding on China’s Agricultural Production and Food Security in 2020", Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2020, Iowa State University
- He, X., D. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2020. "Upheaval in China’s Corn Market: Will China expand its Tariff Rate Quota for Corn?", Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2020, Iowa State University
- Chen, C.-T, T. Xiong, and W. Zhang. 2020. "Large Hog Companies Gain from China’s Ongoing African Swine Fever", Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2019, Iowa State University
- He, X., and W. Zhang. 2020. "Implications of Hong Kong’s Special Status Revocation for Agricultural Trade between the United States, Hong Kong, and Mainland China", Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2020, Iowa State University
- Zhang, W., and M. Duffy. 2020. "Agricultural Professionals Expect lower Farmland Values Over the Next 18 Months" Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. July 2020
- He, X., D. J. Hayes, W. Zhang. 2020. China’s Agricultural Imports under the Phase One Deal: Is Success Possible?CARD Policy Brief 20-PB 29, Iowa State University. May 2020
- Zhang, W., and T. Xiong. 2020. "The coronavirus will delay agricultural export surges promised in trade deal with China", the Conversation, March 2020 (online version)
- Balistreri, E., W. Zhang, and J. Beghin. 2020. "The State-level Burden of the Trade War: Interactions between the Market Facilitation Program and Tariffs", Agricultural Policy Review, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Winter 2020.
- Zhang, W. 2020. "US-China Phase 1 Trade Deal and US Agriculture: A Big Win for Farmers or Too Good to Be True?" Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. February 2020
- Carriquiry, M., A. Elobeid, D. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2019. "Impacts of African Swine Fever on US and World Commodity Markets", Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2019, Iowa State University
- Zhang, W., L. Rodriguez, and S. Qu. 2019. "3 Reasons Midwest Farmers Hurt by the US-China Trade War Still Support Trump", the Conversation, November 2019 (online version)
- Li, M., T. Xiong, Y. Ji., W. Zhang, and D. Hayes, 2019. “African Swine Fever in China: An Update.” Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2019, Iowa State University
- Xiong, T., and W. Zhang, 2019. “Who Benefits Most from China’s Growing Import Demand due to African Swine Fever”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. August 2019
- Zhang, Wendong, 2019. “The Impacts of Trade Wars on US Agricultural Economy via Historical and Contemporary Lenses”, Farmland Insights, Summer 2019
- Zhang, W. and M. Duffy, 2019, “Comparing the Stock Market and Iowa Land Values: A Question of Timing” Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2019
- Zhang, W., and S.D. Johnson. 2019. “Agricultural Professionals Expect Lower Land Values and Stable Crop Prices”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. June 2019
- Zhang, W., and D.M. Wishart. 2019. “A Report on Results of Surveys to Measure the Demand for Designating the Mad River in Clark County Ohio a Recreational River”. April 2019
- Zhang, W., 2019. “Seven Things to Know About China to Understand the Trade War”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. February 2019
- Zhang, W., 2018, “Iowa Land Value Survey Overview 2018” Iowa State University, December 2018
- Zhang, W., 2018, “Iowa Land Value Survey News Release 2018” Iowa State University, December 2018
- Zhang, W., 2018, “Iowa Land Value Survey Brochure 2018” Iowa State University, December 2018
- Zhang, W., 2018, “Commodity prices and higher interest rates drive modest farmland value loss”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2018
- Shao, Y, M. Li, W. Zhang, and D. Hayes, 2018. “World’s Largest Pork Producer in Crisis: African Swine Fever Outbreak in China.” Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2018, Iowa State University
- Balistreri, E.J., C. E. Hart, D.J. Hayes, M. Li, L. Schulz, D.A. Swenson, W. Zhang, and J.M. Crespi. 2018. “The Impact of the 2018 Trade Disruptions on the Iowa Economy.” CARD Policy Brief 18-PB 25, September 2018, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University (Winner of the 2019 AAEA Bruce Garner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis Award)
- Li, M., W. Zhang, and D.J. Hayes. 2018. “China’s Agricultural Import Potential.” CARD Policy Brief 18-PB 23, July 2018, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.
- Zhang, W., A. Plastina, and W. Sawadgo, 2018, “Survey of Iowa Leasing Practices” Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-15, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2018
- Zhang, W., A. Plastina, and W. Sawadgo, 2018, “Crop Share Leasing Provisions” Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-30, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2018
- Zhang, W., A. Plastina, and W. Sawadgo. 2018. “Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey 1982–2017: A Thirty-five Year Perspective.” Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, CARD working paper #18-WP 580, https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/6492
- Zhang, W., and A. Plastina, 2018. “ISU Survey: Iowa’s Farmland Owners Continue to Age”, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. June 2018
- Zhang, W., A. Plastina, and W. Sawadgo, 2018. “Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey 1982-2017: A Thirty-five Year Perspective”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. July 2018
- Li. M., W. Zhang, and D.J. Hayes. 2018. “Can China’s Rural Land Policy Reforms Solve Its Farmland Dilemma?” Agricultural Policy Review, Spring 2018, Iowa State University
- Li, M, W. Zhang, and C.E. Hart. 2018, “Key agricultural products in U.S.-China trade disputes: the proportional, the significant, and the substitutable”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, April 2018
- Zhang, W., and M. Li, 2018, “Navigating the Chinese agricultural economy through the lens of Iowa”, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. February 2018
- Zhang, Wendong. 2018. Where Are Iowa and U.S. Land Values Headed? Proceedings of 2018 Crop Advantage Series, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, January 2018.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2018. Recent Developments in China and Its Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Trade, Proceedings of 2018 Crop Advantage Series, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, January 2018.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Iowa Land Value Survey Iowa State University. Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-70, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong, 2017, ISU Land Value Survey Overview 2017, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, December 2017
- Zhang, Wendong, 2017, ISU Land Value Survey Brochure 2017, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, December 2017
- Zhang, Wendong, 2017, ISU Land Value Survey News Release 2017, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, December 2017
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Iowa Farmland Values Increase After Three Years of Decline. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2017
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Where Are Iowa and U.S. Land Values Headed? Proceedings of 2017 29th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, November 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Recent Developments in China and Its Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Trade, Proceedings of 2017 29th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, November 2017.
- Li, Minghao, Wendong Zhang, and Dermot Hayes. 2017. China’s New Nationwide E10 Ethanol Mandate and Its Global Implication. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, November 2017
- Li, Minghao, Wendong Zhang, Dermot Hayes, Riley Arthur, Yantao Yang, and Xiudong Wang. 2017. China’s New Nationwide E10 Ethanol Mandate and Its Global Implication. Agricultural Policy Review, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. Iowa State University. Fall 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong, Wei Zhang, and Chad Hart. 2017. Are Agricultural Professionals' Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent? Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, October 2017 /li>
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, August 2017
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Where Are Iowa and U.S. Land Values Headed? Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, July 2017
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. What's Happening with U.S. Land Values? Farmland in Perspectives, Summer 2017
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Four Reasons Why We Aren’t Likely to See a Replay of the 1980’s Farm Crisis. Agricultural Policy Review, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Spring 2017
- Zhang, Wendong and Adam Janke. 2017. USDA announces CRP changes to help improve water quality, wildlife habitat, and land transfers to beginning farmers. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. March 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Outlook for the U.S. Agricultural Economy. Op-ed Article for Des Moines Business Record. January 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2017. Interpretations of 2016 Iowa Land Value Survey - Iowa State University. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. January 2017.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. 2016 Iowa Land Value Survey - Iowa State University. Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-70. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2016.
- Wu, Qianrong and Wendong Zhang. 2016. Of Maize and Markets: China's New Corn Policy, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2016
- Zhang, Wendong, 2016. Agricultural Land Management and Downstream Water Quality: Insights from Lake Erie. 28th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa, December 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong, 2016. Iowa Farmland Market Update: Are We Seeing a Replay of 1980s? 28th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa, November 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. Iowa 2016 Land Value Survey - Overview of Results and Outlook. Iowa Farmland Value Poral, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, December 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. Iowa Land Value Survey Brochue 2016. Iowa State University Extenion Store File FM1825. December 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. Agricultural land management and downstream water quality: Insights from Lake Erie. Proceedings of 28th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. Iowa Farmland Market Update: Are We Seeing a Replay of 1980s?. Proceedings of 28th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. November 2016.
- Wu, Qianrong and Wendong Zhang. 2016. Of Maize and Markets: China's New Corn Policy, Agricultural Policy Review, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. Iowa State University. Fall 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. How Tight is the Iowa Farmland Supply?, Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, October 2016
- Hart, Chad and Wendong Zhang. 2016. Crude Oil Prices and US Crop Exports: Exploring the Secondary Links between the Energy and Ag Markets. Agricultural Policy Review, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. Iowa State University. Spring 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong and Mike Duffy. 2016. Comparing the Stock Market and Iowa Land Values: A Question of Timing. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. April 2016
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Who Buys and Rents Iowa's Farmland. Proceedings of 27th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. November 2015.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. 2015 Iowa Land Value Survey - Iowa State University. Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-70. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2015.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Iowa Land Value Survey Brochue 2015. Iowa State University Extenion Store File FM1825. December 2015.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2016. Iowa 2015 Land Value Survey - Results and Outlook. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. January 2016.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. How Different is China's Agriculture from the U.S. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. November 2015.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. The Commonalities and Differences between U.S. and Chinese Agriculture. Agricultural Policy Review, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. Fall 2015. Iowa State University.
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Who Owns and Rents Iowa's Farmland. Ag Decision Maker Information File C2-78. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. December 2015.
- Kling, C. L., R. W. Arritt, G. Calhoun, D. A. Keiser, J. M. Antle, J. Arnold, M. Carriquiry, I. Chaubey, P. Christensen, B. Ganapathysubramanian, P. Gassman, W. Gutowski, T. W. Hertel, G. Hoogenboom, E. G. Irwin, M. Khanna, P. M𝑒́rel, D. Phaneuf, A. Plantinga, P. Preckel, S. Polasky, S. Rabotyagov, I. Rudik, S. Secchi, A. Smith, A. Vanloocke, C. Wolter, W. Zhang, and J. Zhao. 2016. Research needs and challenges in the FEW system: Coupling economic models with agronomic, hydrologic, and bioenergy models for sustainable food, energy, and water systems. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Working Paper 16-WP 563. A white paper prepared for the National Science Foundation’s Food, Energy, and Water Workshop held at Iowa State University, October 11–12, 2015.
- Burnett, E.A., R. S. Wilson, B. E. Roe, G. Howard, E. G. Irwin, W. Zhang, and J. Martin. 2015. Farmers, phosphorus and water quality: Part II. A descriptive report of beliefs, attitudes and best management practices in the Maumee Watershed of the western Lake Erie Basin. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, School of Environment & Natural Resources
- Sohngen, B., W. Zhang, J. Bruskotter, and B. Sheldon. 2015. Results from a 2014 Survey of Lake Erie Anglers. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics and School of Environment & Natural Resources.
- Zhang, W., B. Ward, and E. G. Irwin, 2014, “The Trends and Determinants of Farmland Sale Prices in Western Ohio 2001-2010”, the Ohio State University Extension Bulletin
- Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Who Owns and Rents Iowa's Farmland. Ag Decision Maker Newsletter. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, December 2015.- Reposted by Iowa Farmer Today