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J. Arbuckle releases 2020 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll

The 2020 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll Summary has been released. This year’s survey focused on a range of issues including changes in quality of life and farm financial well-being, economic and policy dimensions of commodity production, awareness of and interest in prairie strips, farmers’ perspectives on climate change, use of communications technology, and well water testing. The Farm Poll is an annual survey established in 1982 by Professor Paul Lasley, and is now managed by Dr. J. Arbuckle. Renea Miller has been instrumental in managing the data and designing the reports.