Agriculture

Fischler: U.S. Food Aid is Dumping Commodities

Ed Maixner, Farm Progress Washington Bureau The United States has been leading the world in food aid to the world's hungry nations but Franz Fischler, the European Union's agriculture commissioner, says the U.S. also dumps farm commodities "under the pretext of food aid."

EU to Target U.S. Farm Loans in WTO Agriculture Talks

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 The European Commission plans to propose next week that the World Trade Organization impose the same reduction commitments on U.S. farm supports like the $8.1 billion U.S. marketing loan and deficiency payment program that trading partners' agriculture negotiators want to place on the European Union's export subsidies, informed sources said.

Sugar-Beet Growers Feel the Squeeze of Free Trade

Craig Gustafson | Star Tribune WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last year, when sugar prices hit a 22-year low, the federal government paid Jay and Carl Nord to destroy 40 acres of their sugar beet crops.

The Green Revolution Yields To The Bottom Line

By ANDREW POLLACK New York Times May 15, 2001 Dr. William Folk, a professor at the University of Missouri, wants to genetically engineer soybeans to improve their nutritional value. But he faces more than scientific hurdles. He and Monsanto never agreed on how he might use a patented technique for inserting genes into the beans.

WTO Panel Orders U.S. to Lift Tariffs on Australian, New Zealand Lamb Imports

Mark Thornton | Food Chemical News | Volume 43, Number 13 The United States must lift tariffs on Australian and New Zealand lamb imports, a World Trade Organization appellate body has ruled, upholding a 1999 decision by the WTO's dispute settlement body.

US Official Slams Sri Lanka Ban On GM Food

Agence France Presse May 10, 2001 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's ban on genetically modified (GM) food was Thursday attacked by a US agricultural official who said there was no credible scientific evidence to justify the Colombo government's action.

Farmers Brace For Possible Problems With GM Grain Sales

Bfy Anthony Shadid The Boston Globe May 03, 2001

WTO Lamb Decision Puts Pressure on Bush - Farmers

Wellington, May 2 / NZPA

U.S. Export Ag Credits

Inside Washington / By SALLY SCHUFF, Feedstuffs Washington Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. export credit guarantee programs are on the front burner, mostly because other countries hate them.

Agriculture Negotiations: Excluded Developing Countries Unhappy over Non-Transparent Stocktaking Process

By Aileen Kwa / Focus on the Global South, Geneva The first phase of agricultural negotiations which had lasted a year concluded at the end of March with the Agriculture Special Session on March 22-23. This was followed immediately by a stocktaking session which was intended to set the work programme for the second phase of agriculture negotiations.