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Reuters / By Emily Kaiser / December 6, 1999 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6 (Reuters) -- If Brazil upgraded its grain transportation infrastructure, it could easily overtake the United States as the world's biggest soybean producer, a U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Monday.

New York Times | December 17, 1999 | By FLOYD NORRIS CONSIDER the possibilities of a scientific breakthrough that could allow farmers to grow more food while using less pesticide, or to add vitamins to vegetable oils to prevent malnutrition. Maybe some plastic products now made from petroleum could instead be produced from plants.

SUNDAY TIMES (London) | December 19, 1999 | Jonathan Leake and Jon Ungoed Thomas UP TO 10 more people are believed to be suffering from variant CJD, the killer brain disorder thought to be caused by eating beef infected with BSE, known as "mad cow" disease.

Reuters | December 17, 1999 LONDON - The full health risks from Britain's costly epidemic of "mad cow disease" (BSE) are still unknown, the chairman of a long-running investigation into the crisis said on Friday.

Reuters | December 19, 1999 | By Emily Kaiser CHICAGO - Life sciences firm Monsanto Co. and U.S.-Swedish drug group Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. said on Sunday they agreed to merge, forming a company with a market capitalisation of more than $50 billion and an enviable collection of blockbuster drugs.

Science Magazine | December 17, 1999

New York Times | December 20, 1999 | By BARNABY J. FEDER

Farm Focus | December 17,1999 | Dan Woolley Veteran Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant breeder, Dr. Bert Christie is, according to this story,unsatisfied with the answers he is getting about the safety of genetically modified food.