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RS 13/9/70
Robert W. Jolly (1944- )
Papers, 1973-2010, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Jolly, Robert W. (1944-  )
title: Robert W. Jolly papers
dates: 1973-2010, undated
extent: 3.78 linear feet (9 document boxes)
collection number: RS 13/9/70
repository: University Archives, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.
language: English

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Special Collections and University Archives
preferred citation: Robert W. Jolly papers, RS 13/9/70, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.

 

Access points

people, families, and corporate bodies:

Jolly, Robert W., 1944-
Iowa State University. Department of Economics -- Faculty

places:  
subjects:

Agricultural economists -- United States
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States

Agricultural credit -- United States
genres:

Articles
Reports
Grant proposals
Surveys (documents)

 

Abstract

Robert W. Jolly (b. 1944) was a Professor of Economics (1985-2010) at Iowa State University. Jolly served in a number of administrative capacities including Dean and Director of the Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Interim Director for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and the Director of the Iowa State University Agricultural Credit School. Jolly also helped coordinate agricultural projects in Russia, Ukraine, and Slovakia. This collection contains biographical information, articles, grant applications, proposals, and presentations related to his research into agricultural finance, conservation practices, and farmland valuation. During the farm crisis of the 1980s, Jolly investigated the financial conditions that caused harm to many Midwest farmers.

 

Biographical note

Robert W. Jolly was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on September 30, 1944. He attended the University of Minnesota where he earned a B.S. (1968) in soil science and an M.S. (1974) and a Ph.D. (1976) in agricultural economics.

Jolly joined the staff at Iowa State University as Assistant Professor of Economics and Extension Economist (1979-1985) and was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor (1985-2010). Jolly was named Assistant Dean and Director (1985-1989) of the College of Agriculture's Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. He served as Interim Director (1987-1988) of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Director (1981-2010) of the Iowa State University Agricultural Credit School. Jolly was named Professor Emeritus (2010) following his retirement.

Jolly's research focused on agricultural economics. He studied the economic effects of a number of soil conservation and farm management practices. During the farm crisis of the 1980s, Jolly investigated the financial conditions that caused harm to many Midwest farmers. He was also interested in international agricultural policies and worked on projects in Russia, Ukraine, and Slovakia.

 

Collection description

The collection (1973-2010, undated) contains biographical information, articles, grant applications, proposals, presentations, and reports. The articles were written for various publications, including scientific journals and ISU Extension, and are often related to Jolly's primary interests in agricultural economics and finance. The collection contains research that Jolly performed during the 1980s farm crisis, including farm credit and finance surveys and land valuation surveys. Transcripts for several videotapes produced by ISU Extension are also included.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged alphabetically with biographical information at the beginning.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical information - vitae, graduate faculty membership nomination, press releases

1985-2010, undated

1

2

Article - "Alternative Market Weights for Swine: Carcass Composition and Meat Quality" for Journal of Animal Science

1980

1

3

Article - "Alternative Market Weights for Swine: Feedlot Performance" for Journal of Animal Science

1980

1

4

Article - "Alternative Market Weights for Swine: Production Economics" for Journal of Animal Science

1980

1

5

Article - "Case Studies of Farmers' Use of Information Systems" for Review of Agricultural Economics

undated

1

6

Article - "Changes in Canadian Grain and Livestock Policies: Implications for U.S. and Minnesota Agriculture" for Minnesota Agricultural Economist

1975

1

7

Article - "Changes in Farm Financial Performance and Structure Between 1997 and 2002: a Case Study of Iowa Commercial Farm Business" for ISU Extension

2002

1

8

Article - "Contract Farming in China: Perspectives of Farm Households and Agribusiness Firms" from Comparative Economic Studies

2007

1

9

Article - "Current and Projected Farm Financial Conditions" for Ag Decision Maker

2000

1

10

Article - "Doing Good - Doing Well: Public Policy and the Financial Fortunes of Commercial Farm Businesses in Iowa" for Choices magazine

2003

1

11

Article - "Economics of Conservation Tillage for Corn Production" for National Corn Handbook

1987

1

12

Article - "Economics of Conservation Tillage in Iowa" for Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

1983

1

13

Article - "Evaluating Agricultural Nonpoint-Source Pollution Using Integrated Geographic Information Systems and Hydrologic/Water Quality Model" for Journal of Environmental Quality

1994

1

14

Article - "Extension and Research Programs on Rural Financial Stress in Iowa" for North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

1986

1

15

Article - "Facing the 1982 Cash Flow Crunch" for Wallaces Farmer

1981

1

16

Article - "Gains from Improved Risk Management" for ISU Extension

1997

1

17

Article - "How Country Elevators Determine Prices Offered to Farmers for Corn and Soybeans" for Minnesota Agricultural Economist

1974

1

18

Article - "Impact of Landscape Feature and Feature Placement on Agricultural Nonpoint-Source Pollution Control" for Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

1995

1

19

Article - "Impacts of Technological Innovations on Land Values and Rents" for ISU Extension

1999

1

20

Article - "Incidence, Intensity, and Duration of Financial Stress among Farm Firms" for American Journal of Agricultural Economics

1985

1

21

Article - "Pork Industry and Finance" for ISU Extension

1995

1

22

Article - "Recommendations for Research to Develop Guidelines for the Use of Wetlands to Control Rural Nonpoint Source Pollution" for Ecological Engineering Journal

1992

1

23

Article - "Resolving Financial Stress in Agriculture by Altering Loan Terms: Impact on Farmers and Lenders" for Agricultural Finance Review

1987

1

24

Article - "Risk Management in Agricultural Production" for American Journal of Agricultural Economics

1983

1

25

Article - "Russia's New Agricultural Operators: Their Emergence, Growth, and Impact" for Comparative Economic Studies

2004

1

26

Article - "Soil Erosion and the Iowa Soil 2000 Program" for ISU Extension

1982-1988

1

27

Article - "Spatial Decision Support System for Livestock Production Planning and Environmental Management" for Applied Engineering in Agriculture

1995

1

28

Article - "Spatial Decision Support System for Planning Sustainable Livestock Production" for Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station

1995

1

29

Article - "Stability in Agricultural Banking" for Journal of Agricultural Lending

1990

1

30

Article - "Transferring Soil Conservation Technology to Farmers" for Soil Erosion and Crop Productivity

1985

1

31

Article - "User Costs of Soil Erosion and Their Effect on Agriculture Land Prices: Costate Variables and Capitalized Hamiltonians" for American Journal of Agricultural Economics

1985

1

32

Class - Economics 433/533 (Agricultural Production Economics) exams, lab exercises

1992

2

1

China trip - agenda, presentation, China brochures

2002

2

2

Farm Aid information

1984, undated

2

3

Grant - "Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production System in Southern Iowa"

1993

2

4

Grant - "ASSIST Program: Extension's Focus on Iowa Farm Financial Needs"

1985

2

5

Grant - "Contour Strip-Cropping with Trees as a Sustainable Land Use on Highly Erodible Land"

1993

2

6

Grant - "Environmental and Economic Outcomes of Different Land Use Management Scales"

1995

2

7

Grant - "Decision Support System for Managing Nutrients in Ag Watersheds"

1994

2

8

Grant - "Management Development for Family Farms: Redesigning Farm Business Associations"

2001

2

9

Grant - "Managing Water Quality and Livestock Production in a Southern Iowa Watershed"

1992

2

10

Grant - "Managing Water Quality and Livestock Production in Two Iowa Watersheds"

1992

2

11

Grant - "Prototype of a Management Cooperative for Pork Producers"

1991

2

12

Grant - "Targeting Strategies for Cost Share and Conservation Easement Funds for Vegetative Filter Strips"

1991

2

13

Outlines - credit analysis for assessing business performance and lending decisions

1993

2

14

Paper - "Agricultural Finance and Credit: the Farm View" for Extension seminar on farm policy

1985

2

15

Paper - "Agroholdings: Russia's New Agricultural Operators"

2004

2

16

Paper - "Alternative Market Weights for Swine Production Economics"

undated

2

17

Paper - "Another Plant?! The Rapid Expansion in the Ethanol Industry and Its Effect All the Way Down to the Farm Gate" for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting

2006

2

18

Paper - "Comparing Certain with Uncertain Prospects Using Stochastic Dominance Methods"

1980

2

19

Paper - "Comparison of Some Simple Estimation Procedures for Gross Margin Cumulative Distribution Functions"

1980

2

20

Paper, Presentation - "Contract Farming in China: Perspectives of Smallholders and Agribusiness Firms"

2005

2

21

Paper - "Counterpart Team Approach to Professional and Curriculum Development: Czech and Slovak Experiences"

1995

2

22

Paper - "Current Financial Situation Facing Farm Operators"

1980

2

23

Paper - "Does Conservation Tillage Pay? An Economist's View" for National Conservation Tillage Conference

1984

2

24

Paper - "Does Farm or Enterprise Type Influence MIS Design and Use?"

1995

2

25

Paper - "Easing the Farm Debt Crunch: A Modest Proposal"

1985

3

1

Paper - "Economic Analysis of Conservation Tillage Under Iowa Conditions: A Case Study" for Conference on Conservation Tillage

1982

3

2

Paper - "Economic Issues in Livestock Odor Reduction"

undated

3

3

Paper - "Economic Model of Livestock Production: A Reconstruction"

undated

3

4

Paper - "Economics of Conservation Tillage in Iowa"

1983

3

5

Paper - "Effective Subsidy Rates for Permanent Soil Conservation Practices" for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association conference

1984

3

6

Paper - "Farm Income and the Financial Condition of United States Agriculture"

1985

3

7

Paper - "Farm Management in 1983: An Agribusiness Perspective" for Fertilizer and Ag Chemical Dealers Conference

1982

3

8

Paper - "Farmer-Borrower's Selection of Traditional and Non-Traditional Lenders in Short- and Intermediate-Term Loan Contracts: Evidence from U.S. Agriculture"

2004

3

9

Paper - "Farmer's Response to the Reserve Program"

1988

3

10

Paper - "Financial Restructuring Requirements of U.S. Commercial Farms" for Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting

1987

3

11

Paper - "Financing American Agriculture: the Role and Impact of U.S. Farm Commodity Programs" for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association workshop

2005

3

12

Paper - "Financing Permanent Soil Conservation Practices: Some Economic Considerations"

1984

3

13

Paper - "Forecasting Farmer's Response to the Farmer-Owned Reserve Program"

undated

3

14

Paper - "Growth of Large-Scale Credit Unions in Iowa: Implications for Public Policy"

2004

3

15

Paper - "How Many Iowa Commercial Farm Businesses Will Survive until 2000?"

1998

3

16

Paper - "Impact of Financing Terms on Nominal Land Values: Implications for Land Value Surveys"

1983

3

17

Paper - "Impacts of Technological Innovations on Land Values and Rental Rates"

2000

3

18

Paper - "Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Agricultural Knowledge Systems in the Countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: A Strategic Opportunity for the World Bank"

1998

3

19

Paper - "Integrated Analysis of Environmental Policy and Economic Development: Managing Water Quality and Livestock Production in Iowa"

1993

3

20

Paper - "Interpreting Livestock Outlook Information for Farmers and Farm Advisors: 1983/84" for Midwest Outlook Conference

1983

3

21

Paper - "Issues in State-Level Intervention to Ease Farm Financial Stress"

1986

3

22

Paper - "Management Information Systems for Sustainable Rural Development: A Southern Iowa Pilot Project"

1991

3

23

Paper - "Management Suggestions During a Difficult Period" (regarding farm finances)

undated

3

24

Paper - "Managing Nitrogen: Economic Determinants of Optimal Nitrogen Rates on Corn"

undated

3

25

Paper - "Notes on Modeling the Impact of Widespread Economic Stress in Agriculture on the U.S. Economy"

1985

3

26

Paper - "Optimal Replacement and Related Concepts in Livestock Feeding"

1979

3

27

Paper - "Organizational Innovation in Russian Agriculture: The Emergence and Consequence of the 'New Agricultural Operators'"

2003 circa

3

28

Paper - "Perspective on U.S. Farm Debt and the 1985 Farm Bill"

1985

3

29

Paper - "Practitioner's Guide to Reforming Agricultural Knowledge Systems in Transitional Economies"

1998

4

1

Paper - "Projected Cash Shortfalls and Costs of Stress Alleviation Policies"

1985

4

2

Paper - "Risk Management Basics for Farm and Agribusiness Managers"

1996

4

3

Paper - "Risk Management in Agricultural Production" for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting

1983

4

4

Paper - "Risk Management in U.S. Soybean Production and Marketing"

1984

4

5

Paper - "Russian Agribusiness Management Development Project"

1998

4

6

Paper - "Selling a Piece of the Farm Credit System"

2005

4

7

Paper - "Simple Analytics of Reduced-Input Agriculture"

1989

4

8

Paper - "Simple Analytics of the FmHA [Farmers Home Administration] Debt Adjustment Program"

1985

4

9

Paper - "Strengthening and Extending Stakeholder Relationships: Options for the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University"

2002

4

10

Paper - "Sustainable Agriculture and Institutional Reform in Russia: A Pilot Project"

undated

4

11

Paper - "Technology and Agricultural Diversification"

1973

4

12

Paper - "Transferring Soil Conservation Technology to Farmers"

1985 circa

4

13

Paper - "Transformers: The Evolution and Growth of Large Scale Credit Unions in Iowa"

2004

4

14

Paper - "Transforming Agricultural Research Systems in Transition Economies"

1998

4

15

Paper - "Transferring Conservation Research to Farmers"

1984 circa

4

16

Paper - "Understanding the Changing Farm Economy: A Guide for Social Service Providers"

1999

4

17

Paper - "What to Do?! New Agricultural and Rural Initiatives for Iowa State in the Russian Federation"

undated

4

18

Presentation - "Agricultural Finance and Credit: The Farm View" for agricultural policy seminar

1985

4

19

Presentation - "Alternatives for Public Intervention to Assist in Stabilizing Farm and Ranch Financial Conditions" for National Governors Association

1985

4

20

Presentation - "Financial Risks under Freedom to Farm: A Farm Level Experience" for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association organized symposium

1999

4

21

Presentation - "Incidence, Intensity, and Duration of Financial Stress among Farm Firms"

1985

4

22

Presentation (power point) - "Look at Ethanol Plant Profitability and Farmers' Investment Portfolios"

2006

4

23

Presentation - "Price Implications of Farmers' Response to the Farmer-Owned Reserve Program" for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting

1980

4

24

Presentation (power point) - "So - Where Will the Corn Come From?"

2006

4

25

Presentation - "Sustainable Agriculture and the Seed Industry" for Seed Technology Conference

1990

4

26

Presentation - "Using Computers to Solve Problems" for high school workshop

1985

4

27

Presentation - "What IFBA Records Tell" for Northwest Iowa Farm Business Association annual meeting

1996

4

28

Project - "Animal Waste Management Technologies; Summary of Technical Evaluations"

2002

4

29

Project - "Manure and Wastewater Handling Field Application Cost Tool Kit User's Guide"

2006

4

30

Proposal - "Analysis of Farm Credit Conditions and Policy"

1986

4

31

Proposal - "Biotechnology, Structure, and Strategy in the U.S. Corn and Soybean Seed and Pesticide Industry"

1998

5

1

Proposal - "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Crop/Livestock Production and Waste Management in the Midwest"

1994

5

2

Proposal - "Economic Potential for Expanded Forage Production in Iowa"

1990

5

3

Proposal - "Economic, Social, and Environmental Problems of Reforming Irrigated Agriculture in the Black and Caspian Seas Region of Russia and Ukraine"

undated

5

4

Proposal - "Farm Information Systems," Project # NC-191

1993

5

5

Proposal - "Farmer Owned Reserve Program"

1980

5

6

Proposal - "Integrated Rural Market Development"

1999

5

7

Proposal - "Land Use Alternatives for a Southern Iowa County"

1990

5

8

Proposal - "Management Development for Family Farms: Redesigning Farm Business Associations"

2001

5

9

Proposal - "Partnership Between ISU and Slovak Agricultural University and Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry"

1998

5

10

Proposal - "Profitability and Environmental Performance of Alternative Hog Production Systems"

1995

5

11

Proposal - "Scenario Building for North American Agriculture"

2001

5

12

Proposal - "Study of Changing Competitive Structure of Agricultural Input and Processing or Merchandising Industries"

1996

5

13

Proposal - "Targeting Strategies for Cost Share and Conservation Easement Funds for Vegetative Filter Strips: An Economic and Hydrological Assessment"

1991

5

14

Proposal - "Ukraine Agricultural Policy Project"

1999

5

15

Report - "Agricultural Restructuring Requirements by Farm Credit System District" for Center for Agricultural and Rural Development

1987

5

16

Report - "Are Iowa's Commercial Farm Businesses Ready for the Competition?" for ISU Extension

1999

5

17

Report - "Assessing Manure and Wastewater Handling Technologies and the Development of a Field Application Cost Tool Kit"

2006

5

18

Report - "Assessing the Financial Condition of Iowa's Commercial Farm Businesses"

2000

5

19

Report - "Capital and Credit Use"

1982

5

20

Report - "Considerations in Adjusting Farm Assets" for ISU Extension

1982

5

21

Report - "Costs and Returns to Beef Cattle Feeding, Version 2.1" for ISU Extension

1982

5

22

Report - "Costs and Returns to Feeder Pig Finishing, Version 2.1" for ISU Extension

1982

5

23

Report - "Econometric Analysis of Canada's Wheat and Feed Grain Economy with Emphasis on Commercial Agricultural Policy"

1978

6

1

Report - "Economic and Hydrological Efficacy of Vegetative Filter Strips: Implications for Cost Share Programs"

1991

6

2

Report - "Economic Implications of Alternatives to Agricultural Drainage Wells in Iowa"

1993

6

3

Report - "Economy-Wide Impacts of the Farm Financial Crisis: A Summary Report"

1985

6

4

Report - "Ewe Life-Cycle Net Present Value Program" for ISU Extension

1980

6

5

Report - "Examining the Survivability and Competitive Readiness of Iowa's Commercial Farm Businesses" for ISU Extension

1999

6

6

Report - farm credit situation survey summary (untitled)

undated

6

7

Report - "Farm Financial Conditions in Agriculture within Farm Credit System Districts" for Center for Agricultural and Rural Development

1987

6

8

Report - "Farm Income and the Financial Condition of United States Agriculture" for Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute

1985

6

9

Report - "Financial Profile of Iowa Farm Businesses, 1984-1988" for ISU Extension

1991

6

10

Report - "Financial Profile of Iowa Farm Businesses, 1991" for ISU Extension

1992

6

11

Report - "Financial Restructuring Requirements of the Commercial Agricultural Sector and Estimated Costs of Selected Financial Assistance Programs"

1986

6

12

Report - "Financial Trouble Shooting" for ISU Extension

1995

6

13

Report - "Financing Production Agriculture in the United States: An Overview"

1998

6

14

Report, power point - "Firm Level Perspective on Ethanol Expansion"

2006

6

15

Report - "Impact of Financing Terms on 1982 Land Value Estimates" for ISU Extension

1983

6

16

Report - "Issues in State-Level Intervention to Ease Farm Financial Stress"

1985

6

17

Report - "Model for U.S. Farm Financial Adjustment Analysis of Alternative Public Policies" for Center for Agricultural and Rural Development

1987

6

18

Report - "Report on Economics of Best Management Practices" for ISU Extension

1982

6

19

Report - "Restructuring Agriculture and Agribusiness: Private Sector," Czech and Slovak Federal Republic needs assessment report

1992

6

20

Report - "Return to Crop-Share Rented Land in Iowa in 1982"

1982

6

21

Report - "Return to Crop-Share Rented Land in Iowa in 1983"

1983

6

22

Report - "Some Perspectives on Farm Financial Stress," featuring chapters by multiple authors, including Jolly

1984

6

23

Report - survey results on financial condition of Iowa farmers

1984

6

24

Report - "Swine Waste Management Technology and Economics"

undated

6

25

Report - untitled excerpt from Financial Stress Task Force report

undated

6

26

Report - general economic conditions in southern Iowa

1995

7

1

Reports - "Land Use Alternatives for a Southern Iowa County" (Adams County)

1990-1991

7

2

Reports - trips to Ukraine

1999-2000

7

3

Reports - water issues in Russia

1996-2001

7

4

Research analysis - Alee Farm experiment; Newell, Iowa

1990-1991

7

5

Research bulletin - "Farm Information Systems: Their Development and Use in Decision Making" for Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station

2000

7

6

Research results from farm finance survey - "Risk Management"

1993

7

7

Slides (4 color)

1981

7

8

Survey - computers and agriculture

1983

7

9

Survey - computers and farming

1982

7

10

Survey - Farm Credit Situation Survey, management summary

1987

7

11

Survey - Farm Credit Situation Survey, general information

1988

7

12

Survey - Farm Credit Situation Survey results

1988

7

13

Survey - Farm Credit Situation Survey, data summary

1989

7

14

Survey - Farm Finance Survey

1984

7

15

Survey - Farm Finance Survey

1986

7

16

Survey - Farm Finance Survey, 1993; balance sheets; financial profile of Iowa farm businesses (1 of 2)

1993

8

1

Survey - Farm Finance Survey, 1993; data (2 of 2)

1993

8

2

Survey - Farm Financial Conditions

1995

8

3

Survey - Iowa Farm Finance Survey

1985

8

4

Survey - Iowa Farm Finance Survey

1987

8

5

Survey - Iowa Farm Finance Survey

1989

8

6

Survey - Iowa Farm Finance Survey, financial profile of Iowa businesses

1991

8

7

Survey - Iowa Farm Finance Survey

1993

8

8

Survey - Iowa Farm Financial Condition Survey, completed survey results

1996

8

9

Survey - Iowa Farm Financial Condition Survey, results and data

1996

8

10

Survey - Iowa Land Value Survey

1982

8

11

Survey - Iowa Land Value Survey, summary data

1986

8

12

Survey - Iowa Land Value Survey overview

1983

8

13

Survey - Iowa Land Value Survey overview

1985

8

14

Survey - Land Value Survey overview

1984

9

1

Survey - strengthening Extension in the Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine; final report

2001

9

2

Video transcript - "Farm Management in Market Economy"

undated

9

3

Video transcript - "Using Computers in Agriculture, an Introduction"

1981