Agriculture

Global Body Moots Farm Trade Reforms

Mumbai, May 26 - TO make global agricultural trade truly liberal so that it delivers benefit to the world's poor, the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has mooted a five-step proposal that envisages action by both developed and developing countries.

No More Excuses: Back The Kyoto Treaty

The Day After Tomorrow is a movie, not reality, but Australia can't ignore the winds of change.

Don't Cut the Cheese

One of the world's great sensual experiences, exulted in daily across Europe, is illegal in the United States. That bite you may be about to take into an unctuous and intense young French raw milk cheese oozing off the edges of a chewy chunk of bread is against the law. No raw milk cheese aged for less than sixty days may be imported into this

Thailand Hit By Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak

Thai authorities have uncovered a new bird flu outbreak in the northern city of Chiang Mai at a farm attached to a university, an unidentified official at Thailand's Livestock Department said.

USDA Responds to Mix Up on Canadian Beef

A top USDA official confirms that processed beef from Canada made its way into the United States despite rules that such product should not allowed for import.

Wal-Mart's U.S. Expansion Has Benefited From More Than $1 Billion In Economic Development Subsidies

Washington, DC, May 24, 2004--Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, has benefited from more than $1 billion in economic development subsidies from state and local governments across the United States, according to a new study by Good Jobs First, a Washington, DC-based research group (the study, SHOPPING FOR SUBSIDIES, is available online at

Farmers Contest Report Linking Obesity To Subsidies

Farmers are fighting back against national media reports that blame federal farm subsidies for America's obesity epidemic.

Biotech Crops/Little Benefit For World's Poor

Of all arguments in support of genetically modified crops, perhaps the most compelling is their potential to ease global hunger. In a world where 800 million people are chronically without enough to eat, shouldn't bio-engineered plants be given a chance to make a difference? Shouldn't this life-or-death question trump doubts about unseen health effects, potential

Supreme Court rules For Monsanto In Key Battle With Sask. Farmer Over Seed

OTTAWA (CP) - The Supreme Court of Canada sided with the U.S. biotech giant Monsanto on Friday in the firm's lop-sided patent fight against Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser.

Ban On Meatpacker Ownership Of Livestock Upheld

A federal appeals court today overturned a lower court ruling that Iowa's ban on meatpackers owning livestock was unconstitutional. The appeals court's decision also sent the legal question about the constitutionality of the Iowa law back to federal court in Iowa's southern district to be re-tried.