1998-12 PAER

December 15, 1998

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  • The Global And National Economic Environment
  • Crop Insurance Alternatives Expand
  • Announcing Purdue’s New Executive MBA in Food and Agricultural Business
  • Conservation Easements in Indiana
  • Food System 21: Gearing Up for the New Millennium – Part III
    • Grains and Oil Seeds Sector
  • Tax Planning in Difficult Times

Articles in this Publication:

The Global And National Economic Environment

Wallace E. Tyner, Professor and Head

Crop Insurance Alternatives Expand

George Patrick, Professor

Announcing Purdueʼs New Executive MBA in Food and Agricultural Business

Jay T. Akridge, Program Director

Conservation Easements in Indiana

Gerald A. Harrison, Professor*

Food System 21: Gearing Up for the New Millennium – Part III

Craig Dobbins, Howard Doster, John Lee, Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer, George Patrick, and William Uhrig

Tax Planning in Difficult Times

George F. Patrick, Professor

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