This report presents statistical reference series for the study and projection of Minnesota's economic outlook in the 1980's, with special emphasis on four major sectors--agriculture and agribusiness, manufacturing and services, mining and tourism, and government spending.

Case studies of four products - chlordane, aciflourfen, fluoridamidmefluidide, and Heliothis NPV -- will be used to examine some of the impacts of regulation on pesticide innovation. Regulatory effects will be illustrated by reviewing the R&D history of particular products.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that a common basis for rapid growth in agricultural output and productivity lies in a remarkable adaptation of agricultural technology to the sharply contrasting factor proportions in the two countries. It is hypothesized that an important...