Research Reports & Policy Briefs

Chandio, Rabail and Thomas, Chrystol and Taylor, Mykel and Zhang, Wendong, Teaching Farm and Rural Property Appraisal at America's Colleges: Synthesis and Reflections (May 05, 2026). Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), 2026 issue, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7057518 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7057518

Guyer, N. and Groom, C. and Kuhn, D. and Lagerquist, J. and Loomis, C. and McDowell, K. and Pattison, S. and Stone, R. and Sweeney, S. and Windecker, K. and Zhang, W. and Rideout, B. and Guay, R., 2026 US Northeast Land Value Trends: An ASFMRA and CCE Joint Publication (June 25, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7003398 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7003398

Wang, F. and W. Zhang. 2024. Foreign Ownership and Leasehold of Agricultural Land in New York. Cornell University Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Extension Bulletin EB 02-2024.

Wan, X., J. Comito, and W. Zhang. 2024. "Decoding Iowa Farmers’ Understanding of Edge-of-Field Practices." Policy brief 24-PB 41. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Cheng, N., W. Zhang. M. Gleason. 2023. "Controlling Pests and Diseases Using Mesotunnels: Understanding Organic Cucurbit Crop Growers' Preferences and Choices." Cornell University Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Extension Bulletin EB 05-2023.

Tong, J. and W. Zhang. 2022. "Educational Preferences on Farmland Leasing, Conservation Practices, and Transition Plans: Voices of Iowa Women Farmland Owners." Working paper 22-WP 633. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Crespi, J.M., C.E. Hart, C.C. Pudenz, L.L. Schulz, O. Wongpiyabovorn, and W. Zhang. 2022. "An Examination of Recent Fertilizer Price Changes." Staff report 22-SR 117. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Wan, X., Y. Ji, and W. Zhang. 2021. "A Report to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources—The Iowa Lakes Valuation Project 2019: Summary and Findings." Staff report 21-SR 115. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Tidgren, K. and W. Zhang. 2021. "The Tax Implications of the American Families Plan on Iowa Farmland Owners." Policy brief 21-PB 35. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Morton, A., Y. Wang, and W. Zhang. 2021. "Willingness to Participate in Demand Response in the US Midwest: A Market with Great Potential?" Policy brief 21-PB 31. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

He, X., D.J. Hayes, and W. Zhang. 2021. "China’s Agricultural Imports under the Phase One Deal: Is Success Possible?" Policy brief 20-PB 29. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Cheng, N.Y. and W.D. Zhang. 2021. "The OREI Cucurbit Crops Project Year 1 Whole Team and Advisory Panel/Cooperative Grower Surveys." Iowa State University Current Cucurbit Technical Report, February 2021.

Morton L. W., N.Y. Cheng and K. Diggins. 2021. "Cucurbit growers’ perceptions of mesotunnel production systems." Iowa State University Current Cucurbit Technical Report, January 2021.

Maule, B., W. Zhang, and D. Baker. 2020. "Iowa Farmers’ Business and Farm Transfer Plans: A Comparison between 2019 and 2006." Policy brief 20-PB 30. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

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

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)

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

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