Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
March 2002
Farm safety at any speed
A reinforced safety net is a priority for the next farm bill, but a customized fit has proved difficult to fashion and sprouted unintended consequences
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fedgazetteFarm Income
- A fair price for whom?
Fair-price programs might be popular with farmers and lawmakers, but they carry with them a wheelbarrow full of both obvious and subtle ill effects - Green is good
Many believe paying farmers for better environmental outcomes is an idea worth fertilizing
Ninth District Features
- Full throttle for high-speed rail?
High-speed rail likely hinges on federal funding, but does getting such funding automatically make it a good idea? - Proposed Midwest Regional Rail System (MWRRS)
Map: Proposed Midwest Regional Rail System - With a little help from our friends
Though declining in number, co-ops find new ways to help farmers and rural communities - Not milk?
Midwest dairy is dying, says the conventional wisdom. Not gonna happen, say district farmers
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