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Reuters GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Militant French farm leaders opposed to open trading in agricultural produce said on Tuesday they planned to set up a watchdog in Geneva to exert "democratic control" over the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

[in AlterNet] Jason Vest, SpeakOut.com WASHINGTON -- It was around 8 o'clock last Thursday evening when the buzzer rang in activist Adam Eidinger's apartment. Thinking that some of his fellow activists had arrived a bit early for a postering party, Eidinger buzzed the door open and stepped out into the hall.

March 30, 2000 / AgWeb.com / Tulsa World / by Sonya Colberg

Inside US Trade

April 2000 / Nature Biotechnology / Volume 18 Number 4 p 361 / Richard Gilmore

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers intend to plant a record 75 million acres of soybeans this year, up 1 percent from 1999, and also are increasing their corn, cotton and sugar acreage despite a continuing slump in prices, the government said today. This year's corn acreage is estimated at 77.9 million acres, also up 1 percent from 1999, based on Agriculture Department surveys of farmers.

Thursday, March 30, 2000 / Paul D. Wellstone and David Frederickson