11/30/03 - (IA) Wells' Dairy begins filling immense cold storage warehouse in Le Mars
11/30/03 - USDA’s Agricultural Research Agency turns 50
11/30/03 - Produce problems make FDA look weak
11/30/03 - World Sneezes; U.S. Diners Get Sick       [LATimes requires (free) registration]
11/30/03 - Calculating the Risks
11/30/03 - (Australia) Final round of FTA talks set to start
11/29/03 - (Canada) Response to mad cow adds insult to injury
11/29/03 - CWT export program gearing up; targets cheese, butter
11/29/03 - Market factors should keep milk prices steady
11/29/03 - (WI) Farmers must stop defending agriculture!
11/29/03 - (PA) Ice cream maker promises two scoops (and then some) of whatever
11/29/03 - (CA) Animal activists take on gourmets
11/29/03 - (VT) Advocates want labeling on Town Meeting ballot
11/29/03 - Better Butter
11/29/03 - (Japan) A lot at stake; now product labels on beef will help
11/29/03 - (Japan) Japan to study ties between raw food, listeriosis
11/29/03 - (Australia) Farmers take stick to culture vultures
11/28/03 - (CA) Vella Cheese hosts USDA, trade groups
11/28/03 - (CA) Milk producers get their wish
11/28/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
11/28/03 - Report: November Agricultural Prices
11/28/03 - U.S. needs anti-terrorism plan for agriculture, officials say
11/28/03 - Irradiator prompts terrorism concerns
11/28/03 - China: economic threat and potential market
11/28/03 - (WI) Food-origin labels a COOL idea
11/28/03 - (MD) Panel sought to review milk inspections
11/28/03 - As U.S. shares its abundance, food programs come under fire
11/28/03 - (Australia) Australia food exports not impeded by new U.S. law
11/27/03 - (Canada) List of ag myths is worth analysis
11/27/03 - (Canada) Co-ops lost in new ag world
11/27/03 - (OR) Food labels don't always stick to the rules
11/27/03 - (IL) Local beef farmers concerned about COOL legislation
11/27/03 - NMPF: 3rd Quarter 2003 Import Watch  [PDF]
11/27/03 - Milk Prices: Higher - But Maybe Average or Even Lower
11/27/03 - Food Fight! Anti-Carbs Go Against the Grain
11/27/03 - (NZ) US Demand For NZ Beef Strong, Outlook Positive
11/27/03 - (NZ) Fonterra Welcomes New Zealand - Russia Agreement
11/27/03 - (NZ) Gourmet diet boosts dairy production
11/27/03 - (NZ) Rising $NZ takes cream off dairy
11/27/03 - (Australia) Drought throws Australia farmers into loss
11/27/03 - (Australia) Fonterra arm bats for US-Australia free trade deal
11/27/03 - (Australia) Trade rant irks farmers
11/26/03 - (Canada) Canadian cattle vaccine aims to aid human health
11/26/03 - What We Have to be Thankful For in 2003
11/26/03 - Food Industry Gadfly Still Buzzing
11/26/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
11/26/03 - (CA) Milk is new choice on campus
11/26/03 - (CA) County and cities try to talk over megadairies
11/26/03 - (MT) State’s farm profits taking a nose-dive
11/26/03 - Congress plans 2-year delay in meat-origin labels
11/26/03 - Soybean growers seek new uses for crop
11/26/03 - China finds fungus in US soy, market concerned
11/26/03 - (Australia) TB bacteria key to diabetes
11/26/03 - (Switzerland) Swiss farmers in stinking row
11/26/03 - (Canada) Trans fats spark fear
11/26/03 - (NZ) Difference In Rules May Hit Exporters
11/26/03 - (NZ) Milk dries up as Northland farmers brace for wet summer    Southland farms cool, as NZ prices warm up
11/26/03 - (NZ) Farmers have gloomiest outlook for nation's economy - survey
11/25/03 - (Mexico) Mexico pledges tougher agriculture inspections after hepatitis linked to onions
11/25/03 - (IA) Dairy Association step closer to statewide policy
11/25/03 - (ID) Cheese company offers concession - Glanbia agrees to consider pretreatment plant for wastewater
11/25/03 - (NM) Ranches evolve into high-price estates with no cows in sight
11/25/03 - US spending bill shears farm run-off aid limit
11/25/03 - USDA Amends Central Milk Marketing Order
11/25/03 - ASA Urges USTR to Challenge EU Traceability and Labeling Requirements
11/25/03 - (IN) Hoosier guides Russian farmers
11/25/03 - Plan Gives Farmers a Role in Fighting Global Warming    [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/25/03 - (EU) Counterfeiters turn their attention to foodstuffs
11/25/03 - (China) China's burgeoning dairy market
11/25/03 - (Australia) The final curd
11/25/03 - (Australia) At last! Some good news on global warming
11/25/03 - (Canada) Some good news from mad cow
11/25/03 - (Canada) Alberta sets its own plan to aid cattle producers
11/25/03 - (NZ) Robotic milking catches on
11/24/03 - (NM) Cheese plant will bring jobs, but worries for some
11/24/03 - (VT) Farm officials extol virtues of agricultural diversity
11/24/03 - (FL) Farmworkers here illegally deserve more
11/24/03 - (WA) Farmers urge reform of immigration laws
11/24/03 - (Australia) Wool, dairy industries look for free trade benefits
11/24/03 - (China) U.S. soy switched to S.America as prices soft
11/24/03 - (UK) Illegal meat threat to farmers        Illegal meat 'threat to health'
11/24/03 - (Canada) Ontario farmers want fair share of retail prices
11/24/03 - (Canada) Oxfam's political role draws Alliance fire
11/23/03 - U.S. grain exporters to pay dearly for labels
11/23/03 - Organic agriculture gains on traditional
11/23/03 - (NM) Building of cheese plant could begin in January
11/23/03 - Lawmakers OK Spending Bill, Food Measure
11/23/03 - Beware trade winds
11/23/03 - Food-Borne Illness From Produce on the Rise       [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/23/03 - (Australia) Vaile US-bound for FTA talks
11/23/03 - Rulings on laws against corporate farming raise questions for other states
11/22/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
11/22/03 - (ME) State mulls dairy strategies
11/22/03 - (WI) Hot chocolate
11/22/03 - (WA) Raids on illegal immigrants worry farmers
11/22/03 - (PA) This fuel stinks
11/22/03 - Will FDA bite on genetically modified salmon?
11/22/03 - The new medicinals
11/22/03 - Free Trade, à la Carte        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/22/03 - Save the Conservation Security Program        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/21/03 - (Canada) Feds detail cattle cull program
11/21/03 - Cheese Market News Top Stories
11/21/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
11/21/03 - (IA) Got Milk? Woodward Creamery Still Makes It Farm-Fresh
11/21/03 - Regulators Weigh Food Label Changes
11/21/03 - Announcement of Advanced Prices and Pricing Factors for December 2003  [PDF]
11/21/03 - Price hikes, crop slumps revive debate over China's ability to feed itself
11/21/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
11/21/03 - (MN) Area farmer must stop selling milk door to door
11/21/03 - (CA) Agriculture puts the 'giving' in Thanksgiving
11/21/03 - (IA) Ames company follows trend of ag companies looking south
11/21/03 - (FL) Agriculture day draws no interest
11/21/03 - Advice for young farmers and ranchers getting started
11/21/03 - Bioterror Concerns Raised at Universities
11/21/03 - Tired of Plain Greed And Subsidies
11/12/03 - Greenspan says 'creeping' form of protectionism must be reversed
11/21/03 - Trade ministers from across Americas agree to move forward on FTAA
11/21/03 - Agriculture could bury US-Aussie FTA
11/21/03 - (NZ) Advertising Of A2 Milk Changes Following Warning
11/21/03 - (NZ) Dairy Statistics Report Released
11/21/03 - (NZ) Farmers' co-op thrives on tending grassroots
11/20/03 - Get Rid of Dairy 'Industry'
11/20/03 - 'Perfect Food' does a reader's body good
11/20/03 - Alaskan Wild Cattle Herd Face Expulsion
11/20/03 - (Canada) Canada grudgingly set to take lighter trade deal
11/19/03 - NMPF: CWT's Third Program, Export Assistance, to Begin Shortly
11/19/03 - COOL Compromise
11/19/03 - Dorr Position in Jeopardy
11/19/03 - (OR) Root beer milk catches on in schools
11/19/03 - (CA) Biotech critics gain a victory
11/19/03 - (CA) Scientists debate about genetically altered food
11/19/03 - (WI) Co-ops to help lower some health care costs
11/19/03 - U.S eating trends: Good, bad news
11/19/03 - Officials sniff out illicit foods Forbidden fruits
11/19/03 - USDA Is Target of Protests
11/19/03 - Senate procedure kills vote on Dorr
11/19/03 - NAFTA fails, study reports
11/19/03 - (NZ) Dairy farmers eye costs as currency lifts
11/19/03 - (NZ) Farmers demand to be heard
11/19/03 - (Canada) Ottawa to spend $120 million to help producers cull older cows
11/18/03 - (ME/MA) Oakhurst-Monsanto case to stay in Massachusetts, judge rules
11/18/03 - (ME) Natural resource-based businesses plead for tax help
11/18/03 - (NY) 'Milk by Rail' shows hope
11/18/03 - Sustainable farms offer more humane option
11/18/03 - Senate vote on Dorr set for today
11/18/03 - (EU) EU to open doors to Swiss cattle again as mad cow fears fade
11/18/03 - (UK) New tactic by battling dairy farmers
11/18/03 - (NZ) Power cut, cows queue
11/17/03 - Canadian Beef Trade Questioned
11/17/03 - NMPF: News for Dairy Co-ops
11/17/03 - Dean Foods and Horizon Organic extend merger terms
11/17/03 - (WI) Livestock Siting Committee Forwards Recommendations to Secretary Nilsestuen
11/17/03 - Report: October Milk Production
11/17/03 - Coca-Cola revises school nutrition, commercialism guidelines
11/17/03 - (ID) State engineer working on bacteria project for dairy
11/17/03 - (ME) Tax change proposed to help Maine dairy farmers
11/17/03 - (WI) WMMB's Kidz Zone Website Makes Learning Fun
11/17/03 - (WI) Fond du Lac County farmers look to the sky for newest crop
11/17/03 - Corporate Farm Rulings Raise Questions
11/17/03 - Trade ministers start negotiations on Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
11/17/03 - (CA) UC Davis conference discusses challenges in food processing
11/17/03 - (TX) Rancher gives water back to Rio Grande
11/17/03 - (MN) Tracking a chronic disease
11/17/03 - (ID) Labeling splits cattlemen
11/17/03 - (UK) Plans to treat human form of BSE
11/17/03 - (Russia) WBD opens an automated cheese plant
11/17/03 - (Canada) Bovine technology
11/16/03 - (Brazil) Brazil battles for free trade, markets for abundant crops
11/16/03 - (OR) The Rogue Creamery Makes World Class Cheese
11/16/03 - (IA) Expert: Small farms are still a big market
11/16/03 - (CA) L.A.'s Last Beef Plant Considers Packing It In      [LATimes requires (free) registration]
11/16/03 - Cattle Rushed to Market as the Price of Beef Soars      [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/16/03 - Lean Times Crimp Funding to Save Farms
11/16/03 - (China) China soy bean policy accents trade problems
11/15/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
11/15/03 - Cattle Industry to Host COOL Summit
11/15/03 - (WY) Ranchers, feds swap jobs
11/15/03 - (OH) 14 million chickens may be destroyed
11/15/03 - (KS) Farm delinquencies shrink
11/15/03 - The FDA Wants You To Tell It How To Tell You What To Do
11/15/03 - (Canada) $100M fed package gets thumbs-down
11/15/03 - (Australia) Family farm under a darkening cloud
11/14/03 - (CA) Rift over steel subsidies could hit state's farmers
11/14/03 - (WA) Power of cheese
11/14/03 - (WI) Manure worries may hurt state dairy plan
11/14/03 - (WI) PETA Signs Prompt Reader to Boycott Companies
11/14/03 - (WI) Report encourages state investment in organic agriculture
11/14/03 - (WI) State quarantines three more deer farms
11/14/03 - (VT) Protesters join lawmakers on Monsanto GMO tour
11/14/03 - Country of Origin Labeling is likely to die in committee
11/14/03 - All-Milk Price Forecast: $13.30 to $13.40
11/14/03 - No One Policy Fits All
11/14/03 - (NZ) Fonterra in limbo on Iraq trade
11/14/03 - (China) Chinese advertising goes out of this world over its first taikonaut
11/13/03 - (Canada) Ont. group has different vision for dairy sector
11/13/03 - (Canada) Reviews mixed for U.S. border plan
11/13/03 - (Canada) NAFTA fight over BSE rejected
11/13/03 - (Canada) U.S. capitalized on BSE turmoil
11/13/03 - (Canada) Alberta packers shop eastward
11/13/03 - (Canada) Food export lobby says tariff cuts necessary
11/13/03 - (Israel) A regulatory can of worms
11/13/03 - Project aims to clean filthy flies
11/13/03 - Traders seek increase in CME cattle trading limits
11/13/03 - (OH) A farm's first anniversary
11/13/03 - (OH) Is zoning good for agriculture?
11/13/03 - (PA) Secretary Wolff Disappointed With Recent USDA Decision
11/13/03 - (WI) Longtime farmers seek future without cows
11/13/03 - (MN) U test will save bovines, money
11/13/03 - (Germany) Scandal could knockout German milk group
11/13/03 - (UK) Potato 'foot-and-mouth' hits UK
11/12/03 - (MT) Complex country of origin meat-label rules await debate
11/12/03 - (Brazil) Brazil has beef with U.S.
11/12/03 - (Japan) Japan revises regulation on beef origin
11/11/03 - The high price of beef
11/11/03 - Smithfield isn't working to kill country of origin labeling
11/11/03 - Food Safety Issues Dog Cloned Beef
11/11/03 - Solutions For WTO Problems?
11/11/03 - (MI) MSU leads $25 million Gates initiative for nutritious crops
11/11/03 - Feeding, grazing GM corn doesn't affect livestock performance
11/11/03 - Justice Dept. Answers Critics of Antitrust Enforcement in Ag
11/11/03 - Dairy Management Inc. Adds Cheese and Food Technologist
11/11/03 - (CA) UC Davis campaigns for dairy tech center
11/11/03 - (NJ) They've got milk. Need cheese?
11/11/03 - (MN) Minnesota's animal agriculture industry is in crisis
11/11/03 - (VA) Immigrants boost Va. economy
11/11/03 - (KY) Judge says Tyson shares responsibility for pollution from 3 farms
11/11/03 - U.S. Loses Appeal On Steel Tariffs - WTO Decision Lets EU Retaliate
11/11/03 - China Trade Policy's Ripple Effect
11/11/03 - (Canada) Stampede of beef sales
11/11/03 - (EU) Bio-corn decision delayed by EU
11/10/03 - (FL) Environmentalists Sue State Over Dairy Waste Permits
11/10/03 - (MN) New U cheese vat proves efficient
11/10/03 - Welfare Reform for Farmers        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/10/03 - Study Raises Doubt About Allergy to Genetic Corn        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/10/03 - (UK) Crisis sweeps British dairy farms
11/10/03 - (UK) 'Ludicrous' EU officials ready to ban yogurt
11/10/03 - (UK) First everyday organic cheese launched - Mainland leads the way
11/10/03 - (NZ) Unidentified 'meat factor' enhances iron absorption
11/09/03 - (NJ) Amid growing pressures, dairy farmers find ways to hang on
11/09/03 - (IN) Big farms creating turf wars
11/09/03 - (PA) Dairy farmers sour on change
11/09/03 - (MN) Schroeder spinoff rolls out caffeinated milk shakes
11/09/03 - Wal-Mart's rewriting the rules and dominating the world's supply chain
11/09/03 - Iowans crusade is to alter message on trade
11/09/03 - Food Fight: Is Obesity the Responsibility of the Body Politic?        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/09/03 - Lots of animals cloned, but Nature doesn't make it easy
11/09/03 - U.S., Brazil Bend a Little on Free-Trade Agreement
11/08/03 - (WI) Marshfield-area cheesemakers win top honors
11/08/03 - At Stake on Your Table
11/08/03 - (TX) Hog Wild
11/08/03 - (CO) Colorado companies find financial backers - A real cash cow
11/08/03 - (Canada) Border beefs not over yet
11/08/03 - (Canada) Mad-cow aid package may be pulled
11/07/03 - (NZ) Dairying's role in cars - it's the whey to go
11/07/03 - (Asia) Risky rush to OK cloned meat as food
11/07/03 - U.S. House to name team soon on meat-origin labels
11/07/03 - Congress OKs bill to speed animal drug reviews
11/07/03 - 'Open Fields' bill would pay farmers to open lands to public use
11/07/03 - Soybean Industry Wants Corn Subsidies
11/07/03 - Canada, U.S. reject EU claims of danger from hormone-treated beef
11/07/03 - (WI) Report: Wisconsin Farm Bureau Market Basket  [PDF]
11/07/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
11/07/03 - Ken Bailey's Weekly Market Commentary
11/07/03 - (NE) Failed dairy farm becomes case study
11/07/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
11/07/03 - (CA) Ag security is worth the investment
11/07/03 - U.S., Brazil standoff hampers free trade
11/07/03 - Analysis: World Trade Organisation seen down but not out
11/07/03 - Japan Farms: An Old Man's Game       [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/07/03 - (UK) Chinks in the organic food chain
11/06/03 - (WI) A new cheese whiz?
11/06/03 - (WI) Study seeks link between family farms, kids' deaths
11/06/03 - (FL) 'Free trade' threatens Florida's signature crop, its character
11/06/03 - (TX) Texas agriculture commissioner: Mexico has ability to make big water payment
11/06/03 - (VT) Vermont team to visit genetics plants
11/06/03 - Report: Off-farm income important to farm families
11/06/03 - SEC May Take Legal Action Against Frito-Lay, Kraft, Dean
11/06/03 - (China) Swiss study suggests brain disease could be "catching"
11/06/03 - (EU) EU's applicants fall short on corruption and food safety
11/05/03 - Senate OKs Ban on 'Downed' Animals
11/05/03 - Debugging Your Beef
11/05/03 - (SC) Agriculture conference to instruct Carolina farmers on creating organic food system.
11/05/03 - Would you like cheeseburger fries with that?
11/05/03 - Canada Ponders New Step For Crop And Food Approvals
11/05/03 - Mad cow boosted U.S. beef exports: StatsCanada
11/05/03 - Stats Canada Releases Report on Beef Trade
11/05/03 - Farm Bill harvests animosity
11/05/03 - Unsafe at Any Seed?
11/05/03 - Asking the Wrong Questions?
11/05/03 - Dean Foods Company Announces Third Quarter Results        Dean Foods Company Receives Wells Notice From SEC
11/05/03 - (OH) Defiance milk firm says dairy fee unfair
11/05/03 - (MN) Milk prices start to fall after high-priced summer
11/05/03 - (WI) Winnebago Co. Dairy Gets Milk Volume Production Loan
11/05/03 - Farming in Paradise, Where the Lamb Is King        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/05/03 - Got protein-based matrices?        New Feed Supplement Produces Heart-Healthy Milk
11/05/03 - FDA Panel Backs Cloning In Agriculture
11/05/03 - (NZ) Increased Organic Dairy Production Backed
11/05/03 - (UK) Soluble packaging sweet treat for the environment
11/04/03 - (VT) Family able to reinvent farm into a success
11/04/03 - (CA) California to Become Big Cheese in 2005        [LATimes requires (free) registration]
11/04/03 - (IL) Swiss Valley Farms closes Chicago plant
11/04/03 - Cattle prices remain strong despite USDA proposal to open U.S.-Canadian border
11/04/03 - FDA considers forcing restaurants to provide nutrition information
11/04/03 - Animals Cloned for Food No Longer Draw Collective Yawn         [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/04/03 - (Japan) 9th suspected BSE case found in Hiroshima Pref.
11/03/03 - USDA Launches Web Site Featuring State Marketing Profiles
11/03/03 - New Biotech Corn Clears EPA
11/03/03 - Organic Group Says Cloned Animals 'Not Organic'
11/03/03 - (MN) Elk farms recovering after CWD
11/03/03 - (CA) Economic Impact of California's Dairy Industry is $47 Billion Nationally,...
11/03/03 - (WI) Some dairy farmers are going raw
11/03/03 - Expert Speaks on Animal Disasters
11/03/03 - (Australia) Colliding with trade barriers
11/03/03 - (UK) Cadbury considers US drinks demerger
11/03/03 - (China) Chinese region wants to buy $100 mln worth of cows
11/02/03 - (TX) Sales of cloned cattle multiply
11/02/03 - (FL) Udderly Consuming Life - For Dairy Family, It's Milk, Feed, Clean, Milk ...
11/02/03 - (UT) Utah farmers in dire straits
11/02/03 - Adding Fizz to the Dairy Case        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/02/03 - Saving Seeds Subjects Farmers to Suits Over Patent       [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/02/03 - You CAN get tired of eating steak everyday
11/02/03 - (Mexico) Trade reforms sow crisis on Mexican farms
11/02/03 - (Japan) Japan to urge US not to export Canadian beef over BSE
11/02/03 - (Australia) US farmers concerned over FTA
11/01/03 - (Canada) Canada readies cash for cattle producers
11/01/03 - Trace-back system plan aims to protect animal ag
11/01/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
11/01/03 - (WI) Deadline passes for lawsuit
11/01/03 - (CA) Cheese factory up and churning
11/01/03 - (SD) Lawmakers, ag secretary oppose lifting ban on Canadian cattle
11/01/03 - More US families are going hungry, USDA report says
11/01/03 - Marketing Bored?
11/01/03 - Unconstitutional Farm Checkoffs        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
11/01/03 - Hormones in Your Milk
11/01/03 - (TX) Ranchers credit meaty diets for high beef prices
11/01/03 - (UK) Scientists attack Blair over GM