RECENT events in Central and Eastern Europe are part of a continuing, world-wide political and economic realignment that is important to U.S. food and agricultural industries. The realignment has greater long-run significance for U.S. agriculture than either the new farm bill or the GATT...

The overarching mission of the land-grant system is to combine teaching, research, and extension to create and disseminate knowledge that benefits society. One focus of this mission has been to improve the production capability and economic efficiency of farming. This agricultural mission has...