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The rise of ethanol in rural America
Novack, Nancy (2002-03)
Main Street Economist , Issue Mar

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The farm slump eases
Novack, Nancy; Barkema, Alan (2000-10)
Another big package of government financial aid cushioned the farm slump in 2000 but did little to lift agriculture's spirit. Overall, the industry's major financial indicators stayed remarkably healthy. Farmers delivered more red meat and poultry to supermarkets than ever before, and strong consumer demand in the robust U.S. economy boosted livestock prices and profits. But another big crop swamped still sluggish global markets, and weak crop prices held down farm incomes. In the end, help from Washington propped up the industry's financial indicators for the third consecutive year.> Barkema ...
Economic Review , Volume 85 , Issue Q IV , Pages 37-49

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New approaches to rural policy : lessons from around the world : a conference summary
Drabenstott, Mark; Weiler, Stephan; Novack, Nancy (2004-07)
New approaches to rural policy are badly needed, as past reliance on subsidies and policies focused on a single sector are yielding diminishing results. Fortunately, a new frontier of policy experiments is emerging, and this frontier holds great promise in helping rural regions seize new economic potential. ; This was the consensus of more than 120 leading officials and rural policy experts from around the world who gathered near Washington, D.C., on March 25-26, 2004, to explore new approaches to rural policy. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, ...
Economic Review , Volume 89 , Issue Q III , Pages 97-104

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An economic resurgence in the rural economy
Novack, Nancy; Henderson, Jason (2005-01)
Main Street Economist , Issue Jan

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New governance for a new rural economy : reinventing public and private institutions : a conference summary
Drabenstott, Mark; Weiler, Stephan; Novack, Nancy (2004-10)
A growing chorus of rural leaders agrees that new opportunities are on the horizon for rural America. Economic consolidation and outmigration need not be rural America?s future. The question most rural regions now face is this: How to claim the new opportunities? At root, this question is all about governance?how regions make economic decisions quickly and effectively. Simply put, regional governance is about how public and private leaders work together to build new economic engines that can compete in globalizing markets. More than 150 rural policy experts and leaders gathered in Kansas City ...
Economic Review , Volume 89 , Issue Q IV , Pages 55-70

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A resurgent rural economy spurs farmland values
Novack, Nancy; Henderson, Jason (2005-01)
The rural economy broke free from the reins of recession in 2004 with an especially strong performance in the farm sector. Net farm income easily surpassed the record high of 2003. And the weakness that plagued the nonfarm rural economy in recent years appears to have been replaced with stronger job growth and higher incomes. Strong performances in the farm and nonfarm sectors have led to soaring land values. Rising incomes are often capitalized into asset values, and the past year was no exception. Rising rural incomes quickly led to strong land value gains. Since real estate is rural ...
Economic Review , Volume 90 , Issue Q I , Pages 59-82

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Producer alliances in the new agriculture
Novack, Nancy (2001-08)
Main Street Economist , Issue Aug

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Can ethanol power the rural economy?
Novack, Nancy; Henderson, Jason (2007)
Main Street Economist , Issue 1

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Termination of the Rabobank and Farm Credit Services of America sale
Novack, Nancy; Henderson, Jason (2004-11)
Main Street Economist , Issue Nov

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Main streets of tomorrow : growing and financing rural entrepreneurs
Drabenstott, Mark; Abraham, Bridget; Novack, Nancy (2003-06)
Main Street Economist , Issue Jun