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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
January 2000

Focus: Agribusiness Concentration


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The pig in the python
Farmers believe they are getting squeezed by consolidation and concentration on the front and back ends.

Concentrating on food concentration
Continued low commodity prices have turned up the heat on consolidation in the food processing industry.

A borderless perspective
Despite what we like—or want—to think, the United States doesn't have a monopoly on agribusiness consolidation and concentration.

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The cousin of consolidation: contracting

A widget example of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

Links to Agricultural Resources

Opinion

The recent bankruptcy of Minnesota's Excelsior-Henderson Co., a motorcycle manufacturer whose start-up was subsidized by state and local governments, has again raised the issue of the wisdom of those financial supports. The following editorials look at two sides of the subsidy coin.
Excelsior-Henderson: Motorcycle dream fades in bankruptcy
The lesson to be learned from the failed Excelsior-Henderson

Agricultural Finance

Bankers report farmers have some breathing room

Banking

Noninterest income in the Ninth District: The roles of community and credit card banks

Business Poll

Look for a growing economy in the new millennium

State Roundups

Michigan        Minnesota       Montana
North Dakota  South Dakota  Wisconsin

Jobs wanted: Will work for (next to) nothing
Tied to steel tracks: Trends in the Steel Industry...

District Data

Ninth District economy enters the new year in good shape
A snapshot of cash rent for farmland
Building boom is slowing

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U.S. Map:
Winners and Losers: Fiscal 1998 Return on Federal Tax Dollar

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