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U.S. To Wait On EU Biotech Case?

The Bush administration may have decided to put off initiating a trade action against the European Union over its moratorium on genetically modified crops....

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USDA: Brazil Ag Potential Understated

Brazil's capacity for agricultural expansion has been vastly underrated in the past and that country could surpass the U.S. in the amount of land it cultivates for farming, according to a special USDA report.

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Brazil's Commodities & Futures Exchange (BM&F) has proposed an ambitious plan to help newly-elected President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in his fight for "zero hunger" in South America's largest economy, OsterDowJones News reported.

The project, which involves building a rail link to the Pacific coast, would give Brazil's land-locked center-west cheaper access to a growing Asian market....

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Push For Disaster Aid Begins Again

With the convening of a new session of the U.S. Congress this week, farm groups are renewing their push for disaster aid to offset crop and livestock losses suffered in 2001 and 2002....

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USDA Looking Into StarLink Discovery

USDA officials are still trying to determine how U.S. corn shipped to Japan became contaminated with unapproved StarLink genetically modified corn, but may not have any answers for a few days....

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Japan Finds Starlink In U.S. Corn Cargo

Japan has found trace amounts of unapproved StarLink biotech corn in a U.S. shipment bound for Tokyo's food supply, U.S. exporters told Reuters News Service last week....

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US Lawmakers: End Sweetner Row

U.S. lawmakers from corn-producing states called on the Bush administration to reach a deal with Mexico quickly to end a dispute over corn syrup and sugar trade.

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EU Seen Using More Wheat Subsidies

The European Commission is likely to continue with a policy of granting subsidies on wheat exports for the foreseeable future as it tries to avoid the build-up of costly EU-funded stockpiles, member state sources told Reuters News Service on Friday.

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Prodigene To Pay $250,000 Fine

Biotech crop developer ProdiGene Inc. said last Friday it had agreed to pay a $250,000 fine as part of a settlement with the USDA regarding inadvertent contamination of Nebraska soybeans with its experimental pharmaceutical corn....

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China Continues To Snap Up U.S. Beans

China's appetite for U.S. soybeans clearly remains strong....