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December 15, 2000

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  • China: Future Customer or Competitor in Livestock Markets?
  • What Do Locally Owned Cooperative in Indiana Look Like?
  • The Law Behind Planning and Zoning

Articles in this Publication:

China: Future Customer or Competitor in Livestock Markets?

Thomas Hertel, Professor; Alejandro Nin, Graduate Research Assistant; Allan Rae, Professor at Massey University; and Simeon Ehui, Economist with the International Livestock Research Institute

What Do Locally Owned Cooperative in Indiana Look Like?

Jennifer Vandeburg, Research Associate; Joan Fulton, Associate Professor; Susan Hine, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University; and Kevin McNamara, Professor

The Law Behind Planning and Zoning

Jesse J. Richardson Jr., Attorney and Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia; Julie Farris, Member Indiana Bar; and Gerald A. Harrison, Professor and Extension Economist*

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