U.S. competitiveness in world wheat, cotton, and rice markets; International agricultural trade: teaching research, and extension activities in southern region departments of agricultural economics; Tax issues in upgrading farm management decisions; Farm production and rural economies; Backward linkages of agriculture to the macro-economy; The Conservation Reserve: results from farmer surveys: Systems approaches to food and agricultural problems; Trade in high value products: opportunities and policy options; U.S.-European Community "trade war": changing agricultural policies and the conflict over EC enlargement