2003-02 PAER

February 15, 2003

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  • Agricultural Income Prospects Turn Upward for 2003
  • How Producers View Risk and Consultants: 2001 Top Farmer Crop Workshop Survey Results
  • Antitrust Law and the Food and Agricultural Cartels of the 1900s

Articles in this Publication:

Agricultural Income Prospects Turn Upward for 2003

Larry DeBoer, Allan Gray, Otto Doering, Philip Paarlberg, Chris Hurt, Alan Miller, Craig Dobbins

How Producers View Risk and Consultants: 2001 Top Farmer Crop Workshop Survey Results

George F. Patrick, Professor

Antitrust Law and the Food and Agricultural Cartels of the 1990s

Jeff Zimmerman, Research Assistant and John M. Connor, Professor

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