2009-02 PAER

February 15, 2009

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An Update on Farm Land Assessment for Property Taxes
Immigrants in Indiana: Where They Live, Who They Are, and What They Do
Weather Disasters in Indiana and Taxes
Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease
Changing Input Costs and Grain Prices: Implications for Crop Selection and Management

Articles in this Publication:

An Update on Farmland Assessment for Property Taxes

Larry DeBoer, Professor and Specialist on Indiana Taxation*

Immigrants in Indiana: Where They Live, Who They Are, and What They Do

Uris Baldos, Graduate Student, Tani Lee, Graduate Student, Delphine Simon, Graduate Student and Brigitte Waldorf, Professor

Weather Disasters in Indiana and Taxes

George F. Patrick, Professor and Linda Ethridge Curry, Associate Faculty Member, Kelley School of Business IUPUI

Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease

Philip L. Paarlberg, Professor; Ann Hillberg Seitzinger, Agricultural Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; John G. Lee, Professor and Kenneth H. Mathews, Jr., Agricultural Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service

Changing Input Costs and Grain Prices: Implications for Crop Selection and Management

Bruce Erickson, Director of Cropping Systems Management; Todd Hubbs, Graduate Student; Alan Miller, Farm Business Management Specialist and Craig Dobbins, Professor

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