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Dr. Wendong Zhang, assistant professor of economics at Iowa State University.
Dr. Wendong Zhang is an assistant professor of economics at Iowa State University and oversees the annual Land Values Survey for the school. He shared his journey from a rural village in China to the United States, as part of AgUpdate’s “Voices From Back Home” series, featuring conversations with newsmakers and everyday folks from farm country.

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