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    Leon Geyer honored with emeritus status
    Leon Geyer, professor of agricultural and applied economics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Geyer received his PhD in Applied Economics in 1985, under the advising of Jerry Hammond. 
    Trade dispute takes U.S. soybean market into crisis mode
    With a record harvest of U.S. soybeans this year, but exports to China down drastically from a year ago, farmers are forced to sell in a market in crisis. ApEc researcher Ed Usset comments. 
    What's in your garbage? UMN study examines food-waste habits of more than 120 Maplewood households
    University of Minnesota Applied Economics grad student, Vanee Dusoruth, along with other researchers, will spend the next six weeks digging through more than 120 residential trash bins to examine the food-waste and organics disposal habits of Maplewood residents. 

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