1998-01 PAER

January 15, 1998

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  • Estate and Gift Tax Changes in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
  • An Economic Comparison between Endophyte-infected Fescue and Other Forage Alternatives
  • New Environmental Standards Are Important to Hoosier Producers and Consumers: ISO 14000

Articles in this Publication:

Estate and Gift Tax Changes in the Taxpayer relief Act of 1997

Gerald A. Harrison, Extension Economist

An Economic Comparison between Endophyte-infected Fescue and Other Forage Alternatives

Patsy Schmitt, Graduate Student; Kenneth Foster, Associate Professor; Tim Baker, Professor; Kern Hendrix, Professor of Animal Science and Keith Johnson, Professor of Agronomy

New Environmental Standards Are Important to Hoosier Producers and Consumers: ISO 14000

Stephen B. Lovejoy, Professor of Environmental Policy; Lisa Dimond, M.S. graduate in Environmental Engineering; and Robert B. Jacko, Professor of Environmental Engineering

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