In This Issue: Letter from the Chair....2 Editor’s note…..3 CWAE Elections…3 Why I Love Hatch Funds…7 Graduate Student Corner...8 Sponsor a Graduate Student for the CWAE Luncheon...10 Congratulations!...10 Job Announcements...11

In This Issue: Letter from the Chair....2 Editor’s note…..3 Call for Nominations for New Ardelle Lundeen Award…3 Did You Know…? Study Finds Women Faculty Experience More Stress than Men in Higher Education…3 “A Woman You Should Know: Nichole Ballenger”...4 Article: Agriculture...

In 1998 the European Union placed a moratorium on the planting of transgenic crops within its borders. The resulting ban on biotech crops has led to the current trans-Atlantic trade dispute between the United States and the EU. At the heart of this dispute is the issue of consumer acceptance....

This study analyzes the effect of the Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) program, established under the Federal Agriculture Improvement Reform (FAIR) act of 1996, on corn and soybean basis pattern patterns in Missouri. Additionally, spatial competition is incorporated into the basis models. Using...