This research study investigated the economic impacts of local foods production for the southeast Iowa region of Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren, and Wapello Counties. Local educators and community leaders in the region selected a set of eight fruits and vegetables and a set of meat...

It is commonly assumed that local sales multiply-through the local economy in a predictable and robust manner. Another word for this is dollar-turnover. That is, a multiplier implies how many times a given dollar spent in an economy literally turns-over or otherwise results in other local...

This report is an evaluation of the regional economic value of the state’s four Mental Health Institutions (MHI) at Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence, and Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The report estimates the linked regional economic value of each facility, and by implication, the consequences to the...

In spite of media reports to the contrary, the higher corn prices have not impacted the retail price of meat and milk - yet. Through mid-2008 supplies of beef, pork, poultry and milk are all higher than they were a year earlier and producers are absorbing the loss from higher feed costs....

This is a study of the major economic attributes and economic impacts of Iowa’s insurance industry. In all, the state’s competitive position nationally in the insurance industry has improved strongly over the past decade. At the same time, the industry has become an increasingly important...

Worldwide, a segment of consumers can afford to pay substantial price premiums for very high quality agricultural products with attributes those consumers value. At the same time, many U.S. farmers are producing these high-quality products but are not using market mechanisms that allow them to...

The insurance industry in Iowa is an important and growing segment of the state’s economy. Though nominally small in comparison to most other major sectors of the economy, just 2.8 percent of all jobs are in insurance currently, the industry enjoys a competitive advantage in Iowa compared to...

This study develops a baseline economic impact model for a 50MGY ethanol plant considering all new production inputs and estimated net new output in the new economy. The baseline scenario presupposes no local ownership in the plant. The research next allocates payments to investors back into the...

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