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September 2007
Cal Dooley |
Power Lunch: Reform, don't just renew, the farm bill This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions.   |
Food Engineering
February 26, 2007 |
Regulatory Watch The Bush Administration is pushing more than 65 new proposals as part of this year's farm bill., which is getting mixed reviews. |
Reason
February 2006
Griswold, Slivinski & Preble |
Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc. |
Reason
September 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Cotton Belt Farmers in developing countries have long blamed U.S. cotton subsidies for encouraging overproduction and driving down world prices. A panel of three trade experts conclude that the subsidies violate WTO rules. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
Reason
November 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Zombie Farmers A July report from the Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture paid more than $1 billion in subsidies to 172,801 dead farmers during a six-year period. |
Food Engineering
March 1, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch Meat packer recalls 143 million pounds of beef, suspended from Federal programs... Industry pans FDA budget... Opposition to Farm Bill provision... |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
Reason
December 2007
Kerry Howley |
Data: Green Acres Willie Nelson's crusade to save the family farm has never been so relevant to Park Avenue. Here is a map that represents Manhattan residents raking in federal agricultural subsidies. |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Anthony Malakian |
Waving the Yellow Flag Agricultural loans are performing better than other credits, but signs of weakness are all around. Will the farm sector be the next shoe to drop? |
Reason
July 2005
Matt Welch |
Welfare Queen Farm subsidies for the filthy rich: Britain's queen received approximately $1.3 million in farm subsidies... Ted Turner nets a minimum of $698,127... etc. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Paul Magnusson |
Betting The Farm On Free Trade Bob Stallman is at the center of a storm over the future of American agriculture. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Food Waste Last year the U.S. government spent $1.2 billion on food aid for more than 50 countries, under six programs involving four federal departments and an independent agency. But not all that activity translates into help for the hungry. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch A bi-partisan group of senators and representatives has proposed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2008, which has garnered the support of an important industry group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch In the battle for the Oval Office, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain take opposite stands on federal subsidies for ethanol |
Food Engineering
January 6, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch Push for larger FDA food safety budget... Study urged on food from cloned animal... |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004 |
A Breakthrough In Trade Talks? Efforts to unblock stalled multilateral trade talks received a boost with a surprise May 10 offer by the European Union to do away with billions of dollars in agricultural export subsidies. |
Chemistry World
August 18, 2008 |
Exclusive Interview: Cal Dooley Cal Dooley, the American Chemistry Council's next president and CEO, is no stranger to controversies over industry's use of chemicals. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Mark L. Clifford |
Trade: "We Would Like a Fair Deal" India's Commerce & Industry Minister, Arun Jaitley, talks about the failure in Cancun and the future of trade talks. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Chemical reform bill advances in US Congress The US House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan bill to revamp the nearly 40-year-old law that governs America's chemicals policy, known as the Toxic Substances Control Act. |
Reason
October 2005
Ronald Bailey |
Data: Aiding and Indebting Despite the push to give to sub-Saharan African economies, evidence that aid boosts economic development is hard to come by. |
Chemistry World
October 25, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Problems for Russian chemicals? The Russian chemical industry could be on the verge of a serious crisis caused by state plans to abolish subsidies to domestic producers. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Trade Dividend The giant and competitors in agricultural biotechnology should enjoy rising sales in the developed world as subsidies come down. Investors, take note. |
Delicious Living
October 2007
Frederick L. Kirschenmann |
Eating Fossil Fuels: An Unsustainable Equation When the cost of oil and natural gas goes, farmers have a hard time making ends meet. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2005
Brian Gorman |
The Cotton Effect The WTO's ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies may mean changes for agricultural-product firms. It's a point that investors may want to keep in mind. |
Food Engineering
April 2, 2007 |
Regulatory Watch The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will soon roll out its new risk-based inspection of processing plants. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Fallow Wheat Field Monsanto halts development of its controversial genetically modified spring wheat. |
Reason
April 2008
Jeff Flake |
Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress. |
Chemistry World
April 16, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
Congress proposes toxic chemical regulation reforms The US Congress launched a much anticipated effort to update the nation's 34-year-old law governing new and already existing toxic chemicals yesterday. |
Reason
June 2006
Bruce Bartlett |
The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Toby Shute |
Agricultural Angst Ahead? Two key players weigh in on the sector's outlook. |
Reason
January 2008
Jesse Walker |
Swiss, Please Switzerland and the European Union have torn down the dairy curtain that blocked free trade in cheese. |
Job Journal
June 10, 2007
Julia Hollister |
From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers Advances in science, technology and marketing create new fields on and off the farm. |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Republican gains may spur US chemical rules reform Now that Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate momentum is building to reform the nation's 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act, according to chemical industry groups. |
Scientific American
April 2007
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty Asia's Green Revolution shows how focused steps taken now could rapidly put the poorest poor on a self-sustaining course to productivity and health. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Brian Gorman |
U.N. Plants Seed for Agribusiness Its endorsement of biotech foods could clear the way for agribusiness in the developing world. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
7 Ways to Play This Hot Sector 7 cheap ways to invest in Chinese and global agricultural. |
Reason
August 2002
Mike Lynch |
Road Show The rock star and the treasury secretary demonstrate the limits to aid. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Whitney McFerron et al. |
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports Foreign demand for U.S. grain keeps rising, and farmers have cash to spare. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
Ag Proposal Could Benefit IT Trade Talks IT trade groups praise U.S. efforts to spark stalled trade talks on broadening the global tech marketplace. |
Food Engineering
June 4, 2006 |
Regulatory Watch California and several other states that have mandated strict food product labeling requirements are taking their fight against federal uniform standards to the US Senate. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2008 |
Regulatory Watch US-South Korea trade agreement... Food inspection system under study... Bakers criticize ethanol policy... |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008
Milton Ezrati |
The Bric Economies: No Longer a Cornerstone These markets are starting to perform in very different ways, so investors need to step up research efforts to determine the best bets. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Clements et al. |
Oil Subsidies: Costly and Rising Reducing subsidies worldwide can bring substantial environmental benefits and create much-needed fiscal space |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
This Booming Business Could Grow Your Portfolio Agriculture stocks have done well in their recent quarters. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Pooley & Revzin |
Hungry for a Solution to Rising Food Prices Even if the global agriculture crisis doesn't turn cataclysmic, it represents a massive test. |
