Includes; Department Head's Notes; Congratulations Award Winners!; AgEcon Search Receives Oberly Award; Vernon Eidman Retires After 31 Years in the Department; George Morse Retired from the University Following 18 Years of Service; Ed Schuh Retires from the University of Minnesota After 25 Years of Service; Professor Emeritus Philip Raup Receives Outstanding Service Award; Steve Polasky is Named a Founding Fellow of the Institute on the Environment; Two Applied Economics Ph.D. Students Receive Summer Fellowships; The Department Remembers Three Alumni: Michael Joseph Hay, David Demcey Johnson, Odili Onianwa; Michael W. Yost Receives Outstanding Alumni Award; Distinguished Speakers Contribute to Lecture Series; HarvestChoice Initiative Is Implemented; Farm Bill Prospects, by Kent Olson; Recent Publications