Published quarterly since 1996, the Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES) is a joint publication of the American Statistical Association and the International Biometric Society. The journal contributes to the development and use of statistical methods in the agricultural sciences, the biological sciences (including biotechnology), and the environmental sciences (including those dealing with natural resources). Published articles are of immediate and practical value to applied researchers and statistical consultants in these fields because only papers addressing applied statistical problems are considered. Interdisciplinary papers as well as papers that illustrate the application of new and important statistical methods using real data are strongly encouraged. Expository, review, and survey articles addressing broad-based statistical issues are viewed as particularly valuable contributions of the journal to practicing and applied statisticians. A distinctive feature of JABES is that it requires the author to include original data, so that others may immediately apply the statistical method(s) of interest.