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USDA Announces No CRP Early-Outs Without Penalties
(08-01-08) -- After much anticipation, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced this week that USDA will not allow landowners to withdraw acreage from the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) without paying contractual penalties.
After Years of Work, Doha Round Talks Collapse Again
(08-01-08) -- Seven years after the Round was launched and more than a week after trade ministers convened in Geneva, the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations collapsed once again Tuesday.
Coppock Talks Biotech at Australian Grain Conference
(08-01-08) -- NAWG CEO Daren Coppock spent this week “down under” in Australia as an invited speaker at the Australia Grains Industry Conference in Melbourne.
Trade Agenda Sees Little Movement in Geneva, D.C.
(07-25-08) -- Efforts this week in Geneva to reach a breakthrough in the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks met little success despite yet another offer of cuts to domestic supports by the U.S.
House Subcommittee Looks at RFS Implementation
(07-25-08) -- The House Agriculture Committee’s subcommittee with jurisdiction over energy held a hearing this week to review the renewable fuels standard (RFS).
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