No to cutting farm import tariffs (Daily Times)
KREMS: EU agriculture ministers warned the bloc trade chief on Monday not to make a new offer on cutting farm import tariffs to secure a wider World Trade Organization deal, saying Europe had reached its limit. Austrian Agriculture Minister Josef Proell said Europe had already put forward its
In France, farm subsidies trump free trade (Expatica)
ZWETTEL, Austria, May 29, 2006 (AFP) – French Agriculture Minister Dominique Bussereau ruled out changes on Monday to the European Union’s system of farm subsidies, saying he would prefer that the Doha trade talks fail instead.
Women s Agriculture Network Offers Encouragement (Youngstown Daily Business Journal)
May 30, 2006 8:26 a.m. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Audrey Gay Rodgers has been running the Hameau Farm in the Big Valley for about 25 years. Not only does she raise Scottish Highland and Ayrshire cows, Jacob sheep and Alpine goats, but she also runs a summer camp for girls on the farm.
EU trade chief warned over WTO move on farm tariffs (Gulf Times)
KREMS, Austria: EU agriculture ministers warned the bloc s trade chief yesterday not to make a new offer on cutting farm import tariffs to secure a wider World Trade Organisation deal, saying Europe had reached its limit.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-05-29 14:34 GMT: France rejects changes to EU farm subsidy system UPDATE (Interactive Investor)
ZWETTEL, Austria (AFX) – French Agriculture Minister Dominique Bussereau ruled out changes to the EU’s system of farm subsidies, saying he would prefer that the WTO trade talks fail instead.
Whose Agriculture is it Anyway? (AG Weekly)
Rumor has it that a grain industry lobbyist recently asked what the immigration debate had to do with agriculture.
France rejects changes to EU farm subsidy system (AFP via Yahoo! News)
French Agriculture Minister Dominique Bussereau has ruled out changes to the European Union’s system of farm subsidies, saying he would prefer that the Doha trade talks fail instead.
France rejects changes to EU farm subsidy system (Financial Express)
ZWETTEL, Austria, May 30 (AFP): French Agriculture Minister Dominique Bussereau ruled out changes yesterday to the European Union’s system of farm subsidies, saying he would prefer that the Doha trade talks fail instead.
Challenges ahead in farm bill debate (Iowa Farmer)
BROOKLYN — Craig Lang is acutely aware of the challenges facing farmers as they begin talking about the next farm bill. As a farmer and as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, he knows what the legislation means to his business and his family.
WTO sets deadline for tariff and subsidy deal (Financial Times)
Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, set an end-of-June deadline on Tuesday for a deal to cut farm subsidies and tariffs on agricultural and industrial goods, warning that global trade talks were running out of time.