Farm Bill Moves to Fast Track

Time to fish or cut bait with respect to a new farm bill. Six months ago, I would have bet on bait-cutting. Now, I’m not so sure. We just might go fishing before the year is over. History is on the side of tardy completion of farm bills. In 1985 and 1990, bills were signed into law just days before the December 31 expiration of the old legislation. Then, in 1995, deliberations lagged even more. That year’s farm bill was not completed until April, 1996. (Subsequently, it has come to be known as the 1996--not the 1995--farm bill). Current legislation does not expire until December, 2002. Thus, it would be quite a change from the recent pattern to have a new farm bill approved a full year ahead of time. Why is that even a possibility? Two responses seem appropriate. First, agricultural leaders in Congress concede that the current legislation is not working particularly well. This year will be the fourth straight year for late-season “emergency” payments to farmers. Critics say we should not start another crop year (2002) with an inadequate government safety net, taking a chance that supplemental payments will be approved

NEW CONCEPTS IN WAREHOUSING: A RETAIL OWNED COOPERATIVE

The President of a growing cooperative wholesale firm tells of his warehouse expansion problems.Agribusiness,

Fish or Cut Bait? Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway

“Our relations with Canada, happily always close, involve more and more the unbreakable ties of strategic interdependence. Both nations now need the St. Lawrence Seaway for security as well as for economic reasons. I urge the Congress promptly to approve our participation and construction.” When President Dwight D. Eisenhower included these sentences in his State of the Union Address in January of 1954, there must have been an almost audible sigh of relief from the thousands of Seaway activists, Congressmen, and lobbyists across the country. The previous year had not been an easy one for supporters of the St. Lawrence Seaway project, but now in 1954 they had the guaranteed support of the most powerful and popular man in the nation

Mississippi Notebook: Whatever Became Of Willie Higgs?

Column describing former Jackson, Miss., attorney William Higgs\u27s current activities as a Washington, D.C. lobbyist; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jws_clip/1260/thumbnail.jp

Former GWU Professor, Graduate School Dean, and Associate Provost Pens Memoir

A former English professor, graduate school dean, and associate provost at Gardner-Webb University is unveiling her memoir, “Army Brat, Army Bride, Civilian: A Life,” in which she shares the benefits and drawbacks to military living and the challenges her family later faced as civilians. Dr. Darlene Gravett has experienced just about everything the military life has to offer, including countless relocations, deployments, and transitions. “I always knew I wanted to write a book,” shared Gravett, a self-proclaimed Army brat.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2480/thumbnail.jp

Value Control for System Design

Value and cost are created and therefore controlled by the designer. Design decisions made so as to achieve the proper balance of costs and performance will yield the greatest utility value to a system. Good value may be achieved by developing a cost model and a performance requirements model in detail sufficient to permit trade-offs to be made by the individual designer

The Port of Providence: Perspectives on Development

The paper identified environmental, technological and socio-political factors which have contributed to the demise of the Providence River Port as a regional dry cargo distribution center and examines plans and policies contemplated by local government and business interests to counteract the Port\u27s decline