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Agricultural Policy Questions VII: Freedom To Farm: An Agricultrual Price Response Experiment - What Have We Learned In Four Years?
(May 2000), Volume 5, Number 4Link to Agricultural Policy Questions VII: Freedom To Farm: An Agricultrual Price Response Experiment - What Have We Learned In Four Years? word filelink to Agricultural Policy Questions VII: Freedom To Farm: An Agricultrual Price Response Experiment - What Have We Learned In Four Years? html file
Agricultural Policy Questions VI: Are Exports Likely To Be A Long Term Driving Force Behind The United States' Grain and Soybean Markets?
(March 2000), Volume 5, Number 3Link to Agricultural Policy Questions VI: Are Exports Likely To Be A Long Term Driving Force Behind The United States' Grain and Soybean Markets? word fileLink to Agricultural Policy Questions VI: Are Exports Likely To Be A Long Term Driving Force Behind The United States' Grain and Soybean Markets? html file
Agricultural Policy Questions: With Prices Low, Why Haven't Bargain Hunters Scooped Up the Excess Grain?
(February 2000), Volume 5, Number 2
Agricultural Policy Questions: Since Prices Are So Low, Why Hasn't Production Declined?
(January 2000), Volume 5, Number 1
Agricultural Policy Questions Series Compilation
(February 2000) 
Policy Matters: How Have Crop Exports Performed With the Price and Income Farm Policy Changes of the Last Two Decades?
(November 1999), Volume 4, Number 6
Agricultural Policy Questions: Why Have Grain Prices Fallen So Low?
(October 1999), Volume 4, Number 5
Agricultural Policy Questions: Do Grain Markets Self Correct Under Current Policies?
(September 1999), Volume 4, Number 4
Possible Ban on Certain Pesticide Chemicals Could Negatively Affect Tennessee Agriculture
(May 1999), Volume 4, Number 2
Tobacco Settlement Allocates Large Sums to States but Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
(March 1999), Volume 4, Number 1 
Another Budgeting System?
(September 1998) Volume 3, Number 3
Reaching Beyond the Farm Gate
(July 1998) Volume 3, Number 2
Growth in Meat Exports Feeding Crop Demand
(September 1997) Volume 2, Issue 2 - A white paper detailing the methodology also is available  
Export Caution: Forecasts Can Miss Potholes and Bumps
(February 1997) Volume 2, Issue 1 
Living With Volatility 
(September 1996) Volume 1, Issue 2 
1996 Farm Bill: Farmers Make Big Decisions Fast or Not at All 
(May 1996) Volume 1, Issue 1