The growth of wind power as an aspect of Minnesota’s portfolio of electricity hasbeen propelled to its current level by policy initiatives at both the federal and statelevels. Existing statutes establish requirements for further expansion of windenergy in this state in the years to come....

Replaced with revised version of paper 10/09/06.

Replaced with revised version of paper 08/24/04.

Swine production networks are becoming a significant part of the Minnesota swine industry, with at least 30 production networks in operation as of late 1995. There are probably at least 450 producers involved, representing at least nine percent of the state s sow inventory. Not counted in these...

These papers describe the current economic conditions and outline some of the opportunities facing Minnesota farmers as they complete 1998 and develop plans for 1999. The first paper, Prospects For Farm Income in 1998, describes the variation in net farm income farmers in the Southeastern and...