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Powdered Milk To Go To Drought-Stricken Farms In New Relief Effort

The Associated Press | By EMILY GERSEMA | April 9, 2003 Mounds of milk that filled warehouses and manmade storage caves are headed for feed troughs in drought-stricken areas. The government soon will ship 218 million pounds of nonfat dry milk to parched Western states to feed cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats, says Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman.

World Forum Views Water as a Life and Death Issue

By Alexandru R. Savulescu KYOTO, Japan, March 17, 2003 (ENS) - With the world poised for war in Iraq, thousands of participants gathered in Kyoto for the 3rd World Water Forum are expressing their concern over another potential source of conflict - water.

New York Times Revisits Wall Street Journal Article

Delta Farm Press | By Forrest Laws | 03-10-2003 10:30:00.00 Journalists are naturally competitive. In an earlier life, reporters on the afternoon daily that employed me fought to beat reporters on the morning newspaper on stories even though they worked in the same building and the same person signed their paychecks.

U.S. Consumers Paying More to Go Organic

Reuters | By Chris Stebbins | 10 March 2003 CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Laura Donkel does her grocery shopping on Saturday mornings, she has no qualms about buying a gallon of organic milk for $6--more than double the price of regular milk.

Host of Regulations at Issue As Bush Seeks Freer Trade

Wall Street Journal | By Neil King Jr. | 25 Feb 2003 WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration seeks freer global trade in services, the European Union is taking aim at the sector and requesting changes in how U.S. state and federal authorities regulate everything from liquor sales to accounting.

Potholes on the road to ""green"" US farm program

USA: February 20, 2003 WASHINGTON - U.S. farmers will earn more and more money for land, water and wildlife stewardship in coming years despite Congress' decision to raid conservation funding to pay for disaster aid, according to analysts.

Senator seeks US decision on EU biotech complaint

USA: January 29, 2003 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration should end weeks of speculation and announce it is filing a complaint against the European Union for prohibiting the import of new genetically modified goods, a key Senate Republican said this week.
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