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August 5, 2000 / By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats and Republicans agree it's time to fix federal agricultural policy. But the parties, in their platforms, are not saying how -- and that's the tricky part because even farmers themselves don't agree on what's best.

Northern Plains Resource Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2000 CONTACT: Gilles Stockton, Chairman, NPRC Agriculture Task Force, 406 428-2183; Shane Kolb, WORC Agriculture Issue Team; 605 244-7145 USDA POSTPONES DECISION ON CAPTIVE SUPPLY PROPOSAL FAMILY FARMERS, RANCHERS DISAPPOINTED AFTER FOUR YEAR WAIT

Washington Post / Editorial

REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF ALAN GUEBERT Farm and Food File for week beginning Sunday, July 16, 2000 Alan Guebert If the about-to-be-released book Rats in the Grain simply was about the price fixing scandal that rocked global ag giant Archer Daniels Midland, you'd think the title would be singular: rat.

Agence France Presse PARIS, Aug 3 (AFP) - Deaths in Britain from a brain disorder blamed on mad-cow disease have been rising by a third each year since the phenomenon was detected, although the overall toll remains low, British scientists reported Friday.

By Mario de Queiroz OPORTO, Portugal, Jun 28 (IPS) - The European Union (EU) is accumulating grain reserves while a large portion of the world population suffers poverty and malnutrition, a problem that 42 of Europe's agriculture ministers agreed Friday to make a priority.

The Washington Post / Reuters Environmental activists said yesterday a White House plan for making environmental protection a priority in future trade agreements was a step in the right direction but did not go far enough.

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