Abstract

The agricultural economics profession is under severe pressure in the face of tight budgets everywhere. Economic Research Service staffing has been cut proportionately more than other U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies. The position of assistant secretary for economics has been downgraded. Congress has proposed phasing out the Council of Economic Advisers and eliminating social science research funding from the National Science Foundation's budget. When the USDA's National Research Initiative has funded the rural

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