Includes; Department Head's Notes; Congratulations Award Winners!; AgEcon Search Receives Oberly Award; Vernon Eidman Retires After 31 Years in the Department; George Morse Retired from the University Following 18 Years of Service; Ed Schuh Retires from the University of Minnesota After 25 Years of...

Contents: Department Head's Notes; Upcoming Seminars in the Department; 2003 Livestock Industry Benchmark Report; New Econometrics Emphasis in Our M.S. Program; Steps to Healthy Living Conference; Waite Library: A Living, Dynamic Memorial; Students Like New Classroom PRS Technology; Center for...

Contents: Department Head's Notes; Applied Economics Welcomes Visiting Student from Italy; Michael Martin Receives Outstanding Alumni Award; Japanese Scholar Visits the Department; Students Applying Economics; Three Students Receive Departmental Scholarships; Commodity Marketing on Spring Break;...

Articles include: Department Head's Notes Changing Distribution Methods and the Minnesota Agricultural Economist Knutson Receives Outstanding Achievement Award Meyers Receives Outstanding Alumnus Award Professor Kinsey Assumes AAEA Presidency New Online Courses in Community Economic Development...

Includes: Department Head's Notes; Richard Levins Retires in August; Vernon Eidman Named Fellow of AAEA; Andre Jooste Visits the Department; Lorin Westman Retired in August; Welcome New Graduate Students; Four Faculty Visit the Department Through the USDA Faculty Exchange Program; Our Students Do...

The objective of this paper is to provide a framework of accounting to allow the evaluation and comparison of both conventional and traditional agriculture by accounting for both traditional market transactions and the environmental resources and changes in those resources. Even if a study...

This study contains several unique features that add to the literature documenting the health benefits of breastfeeding. The underlying theoretical framework for this study is the household economics model of Gary Becker. In particular, health production functions are specified and estimated....