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Katherine Dentzman, PI on USDA NIFA grant

Katherine Dentzman—Does farmer sexual orientation influence profitability on U.S. farms? An empirical examination using Census of Agriculture Data.

Shawn Dorius receives Faculty Fellow in the CALS Office of Research and Discovery award

Shawn Dorius Co-PI on Data Driven Strategies to Expand and Coordinate Community Recovery & Wellbeing

This project involves a university, state, and local partnership to improve individual and community recovery. Dorius’s role involves identification, collection, and dissemination of community features that function as recovery risk and protective factors; engage with recovery communities to improve wellbeing; support design and development of statewide recovery conference (award: $309,000).

Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll Shows Higher Quality of Life, Lower Stress

Every two years since 1982, the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll has asked farmers to report on changes in quality of life, defined as “the degree of satisfaction with all aspects of life,” for their families and families in their communities. In 2022, 86% of participants reported that quality of life for their families … Continue reading Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll Shows Higher Quality of Life, Lower Stress