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| Wakeup Call From Chairman Lincoln By: Larry Combest Since the G-8 Leaders and five of their developing country counterparts set 2010 as the end date for completion of the Doha Round at the July Summit, there have been multiplying pledges of fealty to the Round, culminating in the alleged "breakthrough" at the meeting of Trade Ministers in New Delhi earlier this month. While Ministers avoided substance as carefully as one would avoid H1N1, this "breakthrough" did serve to drag negotiators back to Geneva with the usual procedural incantations: process of engagement, action agenda, work plans. View the Full Article >
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  Key Senators Urge USDA to Protect Crop Insurance ProgramTen U.S. Senators sent a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week urging its Risk Management Agency (RMA) to approach upcoming negotiations over the Federal Crop Insurance Program with great care... More Articles > A Hard Time With ConsistencyBeheading awaited a French Queen in the 1700s when she was reported to have said, "let them eat cake," after learning the peasants had no bread. Yet with more than 1 billion hungry people around the globe today, praise awaits the modern day version of this statement—"let them eat organic." More Articles >
 Cotton Council Responds to WTO RulingMEMPHIS (Aug. 31, 2009)—In response to the WTO Arbitration Panel decision released today, NCC Chairman Hardwick stated that, "We are pleased that the arbitration award is far less than requested by Brazil, that the Panel provided no award with respect to the Step 2 cotton program, and that Brazil is not authorized to cross-retaliate at this time. This award, however, is based almost exclusively on 2005, the peak of U.S. cotton production, and doesn't consider any U.S. policy changes made in the 2008 farm bill... |
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 Fatal Attraction: A WTO UpdateWASHINGTON (July 30, 2009)—This spring, world politicians once again revisited the idle Doha Round of international trade negotiations, doing so first at April’s G-20 Economic Summit. Here, a pledge was secured that the key players in the world economy remained "committed to reaching an ambitious and balanced conclusion..." More Articles > Grower Spotlight: Terry Wanzek (Jamestown, ND)An elected official, Terry Wanzek is well known and well liked around North Dakota. In fact, the state senator from Jamestown has represented the people of the 29th district since 1995—except for one interrupted term in 2005...  Making Peanuts NowadaysTHTFUS Receives Outpouring of Support from Farm CommunityThe Long Trip to New YorkThe End-All, Be-All Defense of EthanolAmerica's Sweet Tooth Has Winners and LosersFarmers Take Pro-Ag Message to the Big AppleU.S. Farmers Rank Low on Global Subsidy ScaleCasting Blame and Cashing In—It's GrrrreatAmericans Want Their Food Red, White and BlueFarmers Hope to Grow Media Support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' ProjectVisit The Hand That Feeds U.S. > |
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