US Ordered to Reduce Crop Supports
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The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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Destroying the nation's mainstay crop could complicate US troops' efforts to win hearts and minds.
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The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support programs for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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Geneva - The US yesterday appealed against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that government subsidies paid to the US cotton industry were illegal, trade sources said.
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Federal oversight of crops genetically engineered to produce medications  in their seeds and leaves is inadequate to prevent unwanted contamination of food crops, according to an analysis released yesterday by a scientific advocacy group. As a result, the report concludes, consumers are at risk of inadvertently dosing themselves with prescription drugs while eating a morning bowl of cereal.
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A federal judge in Washington has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct more detailed reviews of applications to plant experimental plots of genetically engineered crops.
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The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. The measure, now on its way to President Bush, would block the Agriculture Department from tapping some of the funding for administrative expenses. The USDA's use of program money for overhead costs farmers about &#36;150 million a year that could help them learn farming methods that protect air, water and wildlife, said Environmental Defense spokesman Scott Faber.
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WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on US exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at
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China suspends US meat products amid international calls for it to improve food safety controls.
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The Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years
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The American landscape is dotted with fewer farms as a result of consolidation and a movement of land to nonagricultural uses, the government said on Friday.
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US imports to resume in March The USDA ruling also recognizes the country as a minimal-risk region for mad cow disease. By Daniel Goldstein.
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The Bush administration changed guidelines for enforcing a Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Water Act.
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Just in time to complicate spring planting, the federal government is preparing to issue what agriculture officials call the most sweeping restrictions on the shipment of nursery plants ever
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This year&#39;s cotton crop is on pace to be the largest in US history, although hurricanes that have battered the nation in the past few months may reduce the final amount.
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Enforced diet Corn shortages pushed the price of corn to such a high in Mexico last month that thousands marched in protest. Now, the price soaring of corn feed means the US might just find itself on an enforced diet too, as the farm industry reports a second significant fall in the output of beef and chicken.â¦
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WASHINGTON -- Trying to tighten the federal budget, the Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years.