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Department Head: Robert Hauser

The featured articles from this department reflect the complexity and the widespread interactions of the agricultural and food industry with technology, the environment, and policy. The first article discusses the benefits of using GPS technology during crop production to help reduce nitrogen runoff into a local lake. The second article takes a much broader perspective - across time, space and function - by considering the state of the world's ecosystem 50 to 100 years from now. The third article investigates the or "learning curve" needed by individual producers to adopt new technologies, while the fourth reviews the current farm income support programs relative to past programs.

Featured Research Reports (in PDF form):

• Precision ag and profits
• Mixed news on farm safety net
• Calculating the learning curve for farmers
• Assessing the world's ecosystems