Existing peatland development and future uses for peat are described and evaluated in this report. Scenarios for future development of the study area peat industry are described in terms of employment, earnings, capital investment, and value of production. Forecasts of the potential impacts of...

This manual is a users' guide to the Minnesota Regional Development Simulation Laboratory, called SIMLAB.

Computer simulations of industry gross output, employment and earnings changes associated with alternative copper-nickel development scenarios are presented in this report. The direct and indirect economic effects of seven development scenarios are projected for a mining impact Study Area in St....

Agriculture: Essential to Minnesota's Economy

Ten mineral-related industries in Minnesota are identified in this report and their economic importance is measured in terms of industry sales, jobs and income originating in the industries and received by various economic units. Less than 50 thousand of the 1.9 million jobs in Minnesota were...

Minnesota economic indicators include a wide variety of current statistical series prepared in various state and federal agencies and reported periodically in agency publications. The focus of this report is the organization of the various statistical series into a set of state and local...