NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Support of the work of the Committee on National Statistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Number SBR-9709489). The project that is the subject of this report is supported by Agreement No. 43-3AEJ-6-8102 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sowing seeds of change : informing public policy in the Economic Research Service of USDA / John F. Geweke . . . [et al.].

p. cm.

"Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. 2. Agriculture—Economic aspects—United States. 3. Agriculture and state—United States. I. Geweke, John. II. National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service.

HD1761 .S82 1999

338.1'0973—dc21

99-6262