Genetically modified foods find favor with farmers, resistance in E.U.
(Mar 31, 2000)
AS PROTESTERS GATHERED IN BOSTON, USDA's BIOTECH ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS MEETING IN WASHINGTON.
Planting numbers up, farm values fall
(Mar 31, 2000)
DESPITE RECORD LOW PRICES IN 1999, FARMERS ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE BEAN AND CORN ACREAGE THIS YEAR.
GMO protests
(Mar 31, 2000)
THE NOISY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS WERE OUTNUMBERED BY SCIENTISTS BY MORE THAN THREE-TO-ONE.
More states join California in MTBE ban
(Mar 31, 2000)
THE CONCERN OVER THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE GASOLINE ADDITIVE MTBE ...HAS FUELED DEBATE IN MANY FARM STATES TO BRING ETHANOL TO THE FUEL FOREFRONT.
Market Analysis: Mar 31, 2000
(Mar 31, 2000)
GOVERNMENT NUMBERS THIS WEEK SHOWED THE FIRST SIGNS THE GRADUAL RATCHETING UP OF INTEREST RATES IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.
