2002-06 PAER

June 15, 2002

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  • Are Exports a Dependable Base for Farm Prosperity?
  • Doing Good While Doing Well: Conservation In the 2002 Farm Bill
  • Evaluating Cooperation Between Hog Producers and Pork Packers

Articles in this Publication:

Are Exports a Dependable Base for Farm Prosperity?

Otto Doering, Professor; Michael Boehlje, Professor; and Neil Meyer, Extension Professor, Dept. of Ag Econ. and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho

Doing Good While Doing Well: Conservation In the 2002 Farm Bill

Steve Lovejoy, Professor

Evaluating Cooperation Between Hog Producers and Pork Packers

Ken Foster, Professor; Joan Fulton, Associate Professor; Allan Gray, Assistant Professor; Elizabeth Beetschen, Graduate Research Assistant; and Suzanna Martin2, former Graduate Research Assistant

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