Periodically, rural leaders and citizens face once-in-a-lifetime community decisions regarding whether to build a new jail or to pass a jail bond. The study described here identified frameworks, methods, and relative costs for a sample of 8 rural county jails with a capacity of less than 50 to...

Differential and variable interest rate pricing strategies are used for agricultural operating loans by the majority of South Dakota commercial banks. However, the prevalence does vary by legal organization. Significant differences were found among differential interest rate pricing structures...

Grain, hog, and fed cattle producers were surveyed to identify factors affecting the use of selected marketing alternatives. Iowa data were collected on farm size, financial status, management practices, and farm policy preferences. Differences were found among farm operators marketing various...