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• High US Hog Slaughter Numbers Pressuring Prices.

  - 2006-02-10

  Byline: Phil Franz-Warkentin, Resource News International Winnipeg, MB, Feb 10, 2006 Resource News International via COMTEX -- Larger than normal US slaughter numbers together with a mild winter have kept the North American hog markets under pressure over the past month, said analysts. ...

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• Preface and acknowledgments to this edition

  - 2002-12-01

  THIS STUDY WAS originally a 1985 Ph.D. dissertation prepared for the Department of Economics at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 1987 Westview Press of Boulder, Colorado published a thoroughly edited version of the study with its original title, Harry Gunnison Brown: Economist. This title was chosen to bring...

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• Introduction - Chapter 1

  - 2002-12-01

  PAUL SAMUELSON ONCE formulated a list of early prominent American economists born after 1860.1 To the list consisting of W. C. Mitchell, Allyn Young, H. L. Moore, Frank Knight, Jacob Viner and Henry Schlutz he added the name of Harry Gunnison Brown. It is improbable that Brown's name has a...

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• Conclusion - Chapter 10

  - 2002-12-01

  Introduction A BROADER VIEW OF HARRY GUNNISON BROWN'S THOUGHT on political economy must include a consideration of his general philosophical and political views. In addition, his position with respect to Marxist, Institutionalist and Georgist thought are of interest. The effect of Brown's near heretical views on and advocacy of...

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• Hey big spenders.(regulations for farms)

  - 2002-06-22

  Newspaper headlines may be touting hefty increases in farm program spending unleashed by the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act FSRIA, but landlords should not assume there will be bundles of extra cash to go around. High government costs are caused by depressed commodity prices,...

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• Off-contract hogs.(Outlook)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-04-01

  After years of precipitous decline, the number of hogs sold in the spot market stabilized last year, reports Glenn Grimes, University of Missouri economist who analyzes the numbers for the National Pork Producers Council. "This is the first time we haven't seen a big decline in...

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• SABBATICAL IN ST. LOUIS.

  - 2001-04-18

  SABBATICAL IN ST. LOUIS: The St. Louis District is lending whistleblower Donald Sweeney as a visiting scholar to the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Sweeney is the Corps economist who alleged in February 2000 that senior agency officials had...

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• Symposia

  - 1999-12-01

  Role of Intermodal Transportation Logistical Systems in U.S. Agribusiness. Albert Allen Mississippi State University, organizer; Gerald Mumma Mississippi State University, moderator; Joseph Szyliowicz University of Denver, Gilbert Carmichael Motive Power Industries, Warren Couvillion Mississippi State University, Royce Bowden Mississippi State University, and Albert J. Allen Mississippi State University Intermodal...

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