Develop and use simulation models to conduct analysis of production/environmental issues revolving around agricultural production. 1. Analysis of alternative environmental policies and impacts on production agriculture, 2. Examination of alternative proposed land use changes on net farm income, 3. Impacts environmental policies have on small and medium-sized agricultural producers, and 4. Impacts of biomass feedstock production on the agricultural producers as well as the regional and national economies. Evaluate the economic and environmental potential of developing new crops for agricultural producers and the impacts these crops might have on net farm income with a current focus on bio-energy crops. 1. Economics of producing herbaceous and short rotation woody feedstocks, 2. Evaluation of whether sufficient resources exist at a regional level to sustain a bio-energy initiative, 3. Development of long run biomass for energy supply curves, and 4. Impacts on the environment of switching from coal or other fossil-fuel-based energy to bio-energy. Provide economic impact analysis to decision makers regarding the impact of agriculture and potential renewable energy expansion on the regional economy 1. Examination of regional economic impacts of constructing and relying on bio-energy processing facilities, 2. Analyze the economic impact agriculture has on the states economy , and 3. Provide information on the economic impacts of segments of the Agricultural/Forest industrial complex on their regional economies.