The purpose of the Review of Agricultural Economics (RAE) is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and empirical findings among those working in various areas of agricultural economics. These areas include extension education, resident instruction, applied economic and policy analysis, and decision-support analysis. Published articles are expected to be valuable to applied economists working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, both domestic and international. In this regard, this publication is unique among the scholarly agricultural economics journals. The editors take seriously the challenge to evaluate manuscripts for publication based on readability and broad interest to all subscribers.