Wakeup Call From Chairman Lincoln
Since the G-8 Leaders and five of their developing country counterparts set 2010 as the end date for completion of the Doha Round at the July Summit, there have been multiplying pledges of fealty to the Round, culminating in the alleged "breakthrough"...


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A Hard Time With Consistency
Beheading awaited a French Queen in the 1700s when she was reported to have said, "let them eat cake," after learning the peasants had no bread. Yet with more than 1 billion hungry people around the globe today, praise awaits the modern day version of this statement—"let them eat organic."

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Cotton Council Responds to WTO Ruling
MEMPHIS (Aug. 31, 2009)—In response to the WTO Arbitration Panel decision released today, NCC Chairman Hardwick stated that, "We are pleased that the arbitration award is far less than requested by Brazil, that the Panel provided no award with respect to the Step 2 cotton program, and that Brazil is not authorized to cross-retaliate at this time.

This award, however, is based almost exclusively on 2005, the peak of U.S. cotton production, and doesn't consider any U.S. policy changes made in the 2008 farm bill...

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Fatal Attraction: A WTO Update
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2009)—This spring, world politicians once again revisited the idle Doha Round of international trade negotiations, doing so first at April’s G-20 Economic Summit. Here, a pledge was secured that the key players in the world economy remained..."

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Grower Spotlight: Terry Wanzek (Jamestown, ND)
An elected official, Terry Wanzek is well known and well liked around North Dakota. In fact, the state senator from Jamestown has represented the people of the 29th district since 1995—except for one interrupted term in 2005...

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Making Peanuts Nowadays
THTFUS Receives Outpouring of Support from Farm Community
The Long Trip to New York
The End-All, Be-All Defense of Ethanol
America's Sweet Tooth Has Winners and Losers
Farmers Take Pro-Ag Message to the Big Apple
U.S. Farmers Rank Low on Global Subsidy Scale
Casting Blame and Cashing In—It's Grrrreat
Americans Want Their Food Red, White and Blue
Farmers Hope to Grow Media Support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' Project

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