Brazil details retaliation on U.S. copyright, patents

2010-03-15T07:00:31Z

<div><p>BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil revealed on Monday a preliminary list of U.S. patents and intellectual property rights it could restrict unless both countries settle a long-standing dispute over U.S. cotton aid.</p><p>It is the second set of measures Brazil has unveiled in a week to pressure

2010-03-10T11:16:12Z

<div><p>A sharp drop in world prices has almost halved cotton production in Africa over five years, the African Cotton Association announced Wednesday, saying the sector faced an "acute crisis."</p><p>The price drop along with soaring costs for agricultural inputs have forced African farmers "to abandon cotton production," ACA's president

US seeks talks to avert trade war with Brazil

2010-03-09T17:15:49Z

<div><p>Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory.</p><p>After meeting with Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge and cabinet chief Brazil that the South American giant would have "a lot of friends" around the world if Washington took such action.</p><p>"You would be shocked at how much international support Brazil has. I think if you were to go in that direction, Brazil would have a lot of friends," said

Brazil raises tariffs on dozens of US goods in cotton feud

2010-03-08T14:18:15Z

<div><p>Brazil said Monday it would raise tariffs on 591 million dollars worth of US products in the latest twist in its showdown over US cotton subsidies it has blasted as unfair.</p><p>The list of about 100 products included luxury consumer items such as cosmetics (shampoos, cologne, beauty creams), appliances (television sets, sound and kitchen equipment) and cars.</p><p>Up to 238 million dollars in penalties may ...

Brazil announces sanctions on US cars, fruit

2010-03-08T11:15:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Brazil announces trade sanctions on US goods like cars, fruit because of US cotton subsidies</div><div><p>Brazil announced trade sanctions on a range of American goods Monday in retaliation for the United States' failure to eliminate billions in illegal cotton subsidies — a move that affects products from Ford automobiles to

France blasts GM crop approvals by EU agency

2010-03-05T04:30:13Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said.</p><p>France has previously invoked environment...

Corn farmers say Food Inc. shouldn't win Oscar

2010-03-05T04:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination</div><div><p>The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying the film is unfair to many of the nation's farmers and shouldn't win.</p><p>"Food Inc.," which was nominated for best documentary, has captured audiences with its be...

TOMATO PRODUCTION

2010-03-05T03:18:56Z

Graphic shows Florida's tomato production since

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US rice doesn't help struggling Haitian farmers

2010-03-02T14:34:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Flood of post-quake donated and subsidized US rice dismays Haitian farmers</div><div><p>Haiti's rice farmers are dismayed. It's nearly harvest time in this fertile valley where the bulk of Haiti's food is grown, and they're competing once again with cheap U.S. imported rice.</p><p>Just down the road, vendors are undercutting them, selling the far less expensive grain. Subsidized U.S. rice has flooded...

Debate over GM eggplant consumes India

2010-02-22T09:21:03Z

<div><p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - The purple eggplant that Indian shopper Tanuja Krishnan picks out at a Mumbai market stall every week is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introduced into India.</p...

Nurseries struggle with lagging economy

2010-02-22T09:28:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Nurseries, landscaping businesses suffer in stalled economy, experts expect a slow recovery</div><div><p>Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, David Niklas feels the quickening of spring as the season ramps up at his wholesale nursery in a farming community south of Portland. Niklas and h...

Jan. freeze damaged 4 percent of Fla. oranges

2010-02-22T10:36:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Report: January freeze damaged 4 percent of Fla. oranges, more than 3 percent of grapefruit</div><div><p>Florida citrus growers lost more than 4 percent of their orange crop and more than 3 percent of their grapefruit crop during last month's freezing weather, according to estimates released Tuesday.</p><p>The USDA: Orange harvest will be smaller than last year after freeze</div><div><p>The U.S. orange crop is expected to fall 14 percent from last year because of an unusual freeze in Florida this winter.</p><p&...

Jury: Bayer must pay $1.5M to AK, MS rice farmers

2010-02-22T11:00:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Missouri federal court jury: Bayer should pay $1.5M to US farmers for contaminated rice</div><div><p>A federal court jury has ordered the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience to pay $1.5 million to farmers in Illinois primary election polling place in Buckhart, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Earns Archer Daniels Midland

2010-02-02T05:31:02Z

FILE - In this July 2, 2009 file photo, rail cars wait to receive ethanol at the Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur, Ill. Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, its fiscal second-quarter profit slipped 2 percent, with revenue hurt by lower prices for agricultural products.(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Three Ways to Bring Tradition Back Into the Holidays

2010-02-22T17:09:32Z

The holiday season is drawing near and it is time to start thinking about how you and your family will celebrate this year. It seems that these days it is easy to lose sight of what the holidays are all about because we have so many other things to think about. Concern over losing jobs, concern about spending so much money during the holidays, concern about making up bills in the beginning of the year, many time these thoughts can cloud our senses and take away from the true enjoyment that we...

Record yield for Louisiana rice in 2009

2010-02-22T18:07:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana farmers average 6,300 pounds of rice per acre _ highest in state history</div><div><p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Louisiana rice farmers averaged a record 6,300 pounds of rice per acre last year.</p><p>It says that's up 470 pounds pe...

Stress Map Cotton Subsidies

2010-01-16T21:30:38Z

In this Nov. 11, 2009, photo Cindy Faulkner maneuvers a cotton picker through a field belonging to her and her husband Rick Faulkner as the sun sets in New Madrid, Mo. An AP analysis found that government cotton subsidies have helped prop up the economy in cotton farming areas during the recession. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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