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Feeding the World? The Upper Mississippi River Navigation Project (printable ver)

The US Army Corp of Engineers is currently conducting a seven year study on the need for navigational improvements on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and to quantify the environmental impacts of providing these improvements. Several multi billion dollar proposals are currently under consideration and

Corn Growers Question Need to Sacrifice Export Markets Due to Genetically Modified Crops

NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION Contact: Gary Goldberg, 918-488-1829, David Senter, 202-331-4348, acga@acga.org

China Seen Selectively Scaling Back Grain Protections

The Wall Street Journal / By STEPHANIE HOO SHANGHAI -- As China presses forward with reforming its inefficient grain sector, the government is severely narrowing the scope of state grain buying, but actively buying favored grains, analysts say.

Japan Examines U.S. Beef to Learn About Presence of Endocrine Disrupter

CongressDaily TOKYO--Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare is making an emergency examination of U.S.-grown beef for potential contamination by an endocrine disrupter, diethylstilbestrol (DES), in response to the finding of DES in U.S. beef exported to Switzerland, ministry officials said March 3.

Senators Skeptical of Secret China Deal

By Carter Dougherty / THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Clinton administration's refusal to make public the details of a landmark trade agreement with China is hampering efforts to win congressional approval for the deal, leading senators said.

WTO Director General Criticizes Seattle Protests as "Neo-Fascist" Behavior

Agriculture reforms failed at WTO because of EU, Japan, director says Wednesday, March 8, 2000 BLOOMBERG NEWS

Agriculture Reforms Failed at WTO Because of EU, Japan, Director Says

Wednesday, March 8, 2000 / BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON -- Seattle's World Trade Organization meeting in December failed to reach agreement on cutting agricultural subsidies in part because the European Union and Japan were not prepared to accept crucial sacrifices, WTO Director-General Mike Moore said yesterday.

US Still Mulling Retaliation Change in EU Beef Row

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The Clinton administration is still considering whether to crank up the pressure in a beef dispute with the European Union by rotating steep import duties to a new set of EU goods, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Monday.

In China PNTR Debate, A Harvest of Dissent for Farmers Union

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U.S. Corn Exports to China Can Triple

ORLANDO, Fla., March 5 (Reuters) - The trade agreement negotiated by the United States with China last year can triple annual U.S. corn exports to the Asian country, the National Corn Growers Association President Lynn Jensen said on Sunday.

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