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Global Agricultural Trade Negotiations And Their Potential Impact On Minnesota, Mark Ritchie
Global Agricultural Trade Negotiations And Their Potential Impact On Minnesota, Mark Ritchie
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The two main factors determining the financial well-being of our family farmers, market prices and government payments, are primarily established by Congress through federal legislation, commonly called the Farm Bill. Although these two factors are likely to remain the main economic ingredients in Minnesota's farm economy for the foreseeable future, the political control over these issues appears to be shifting out of the hands of Congress and into the hands of our international trade negotiators. For the very first time, all price support, income subsidy, and supply management programs are on the table for alteration or elimination in this new …
The Legislative Commission On Minnesota Resources Involvement In Water Resource Programs, John Velin, George Orning
The Legislative Commission On Minnesota Resources Involvement In Water Resource Programs, John Velin, George Orning
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
ABSTRACT :--The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) has funded over $32 million worth of projects m three water-related areas since 1963. The authors describe the process the Commission uses to allocate money and summarize the general nature and accomplishments of many of the water projects.
Interbasin Water Transfers: An Economic Panacea Or A Political Ploy?, K. William Easter, Nir Becker
Interbasin Water Transfers: An Economic Panacea Or A Political Ploy?, K. William Easter, Nir Becker
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
ABSTRACT-New concern about the open access nature of the Great Lakes was sparked by the 1982 Sporhase Supreme Court Decision which limited states' power to prevent interbasin water transfers and was intensified by the 1988 drought in the Midwest. In response to the court decision, the Great Lakes Charter was adopted which established a set of management rules for new interbasin water transfers and other consumptive water uses. However, not all Great Lakes states have implemented the Charter provisions and, even if they did, it is not clear that the Charter objectives could be reached. The big losers from a …