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Farmers"" Payments Cut 20 Percent

October 31, 2000 / By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Gary Gollehon hasn't scratched a profit from his farm in years. Last spring, he gambled again, planting much of his farm near Brady in high-quality malting barley, only to see it wither in the powder-dry soil and be sold instead as cheaper livestock feed.

Don""t Let the WTO Get Hold of Our Water!

By Ruth Caplan Although activists and developing countries stopped the Millennium Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, negotiations on services and agriculture are going on right now.

Kashmir to Kanyakumari: Bullock Cart Rally Plan Against Farm Imports

DECCAN HERALD BANGALORE, Nov 4 (DHNS) -- The restructured National Farmers Coordination Committee has decided to take out a bullock cart rally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari starting from January second week as a protest against the import of agricultural produce.

U.S. Revokes Some Antidumping Duties, Keeps Others

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Thursday to revoke anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled steel imports from Canada, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and South Korea, while keeping duties on other steel products in force.

Next U.S. President to Inherit Trade Policy Problems

Reuters / Adam Entous and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next U.S. president will face a daunting number of trade policy problems -- from ensuring that China meets its market-opening obligations to heading off a trade war with Europe.

Food-Processing Policy: Processing American Farm Produce

From: Hindu Business Line, New Delhi/Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad / By Devinder Sharma As if the damage from the national agricultural policy is not enough, the government now plans to come out with another national policy -- for the food processing industry. And the next in the trilogy would obviously be a national policy for the biotechnology industry.

Patching Up Morale at the World Trade Organization

New York Times / By ELIZABETH OLSON GENEVA, Oct. 30 - Nearly a year after violent demonstrations in Seattle disrupted the World Trade Organization's meeting of ministers and shredded its image, the group's leader, Mike Moore, is still trying to pick up the pieces.

Trade Liberalisation Still Forging Ahead

The People's Caravan 2000 - Land and Food Without Poisons! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 October 2000 PRESS RELEASE Trade Liberalisation Still Forging Ahead with Dangerous Consequences for Developing Countries

Us Corn Exporters Relieved At Starlink Export Okay

By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. grain exporters expressed relief on Friday after the government lifted export restrictions on shipments tainted with traces of an unapproved biotech corn, allowing shipments of previously banned corn to Latin America, Asia and Europe.

Farmer Optimism at 18-Year Low in Survey

Omaha World-Herald / AP / October 20, 2000 Only about one of eight Iowa farmers thinks the overall farm economy will improve in the next five years - the lowest rate of optimism in 18 years, according to Iowa State University Extension.