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Poor countries need to boost their agriculture through new thinking, not just new gadgets The Economist / March 25, 2000

Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations Luiz Felipe Lampreia said March 29 that he believed it was too soon to be committed to the concept of a Free Trade Area of the Americas without knowing what the political atmosphere would be in the United States in 2005 when talks are concluded.

March 27, 2000 / Broadcast News VICTORIA -- A research project into why some Pacific spruce trees are able to fight off insects has been set back five years after, according to this story, a few hours of vandalism. Hundreds of seedlings and a number of older trees have been destroyed at the B-C Forest Ministry nursery near Victoria.

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - A third year of low grain prices will weaken the financial footing of many U.S. farmers unless Congress intercedes again, agricultural lenders said on Wednesday.

AgWeb.com / Tulsa World / by Sonya Colberg

March 28/00 / AP

CongressDaily / March 27, 2000 / by Jerry Hagstrom

The Star-Ledger / By David Schwab The organizers of an international banking conference called to discuss the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis that disrupted world markets in 1998 appear slightly bewildered by the attention being focused on the event that opens tonight at a New Jersey hotel and runs through Saturday.