fedgazette July 2001 | The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

The new-found profile of entrepreneurs and venture capital has states eager to get more of both.

Fairy tales and venture capital
The rise of venture capital has given district states “green” envy, fretting that its absence will affect regional and state economies
The entrepreneurial stool
Capital is important to entrepreneurs, but other legs are important and often ignored

Knee deep in feedlot feuds
As the livestock industry consolidates and animal farms get bigger, their neighbors worry about the consequences
Cleaning up
Possible solutions for lessening the impact of animal waste—scientific, technological and economic—are discussed
Digging for dollars
Ninth District dinosaurs still have an (economic) impact.
Considering the alternatives
Rapidly rising energy costs and shrinking supplies are sparking creativity and generating new power sources