http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Agriculture_PolicyFind stories, videos, and photos about Agriculture Policy from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:56:32 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Agriculture_Policy14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Agriculture Policy from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/19/pif.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/19/pif.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe H1N1 virus has been confirmed in a sample taken from a pig that was displayed at the Minnesota State Fair, the first time the virus has been found in a U.S. pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/lake.chad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/lake.chad/index.html#cnnSTCTextUp to 30 million people are facing "a humanitarian disaster" as one of Africa's biggest lakes shrinks, a United Nations agency warned Thursday.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/latino.farmers.suit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/latino.farmers.suit/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of Latino farmers is scheduled to return to federal court Thursday to argue that the government has discriminated against them in providing loans, disaster relief and other financial aid.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/17/zimbabwe.farm.seizures/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/17/zimbabwe.farm.seizures/index.html#cnnSTCTextFarmers are implicating a close ally of President Robert Mugabe's in the latest round of farm seizures in Zimbabwe in which Mugabe loyalists take over white-owned farms.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/un.forestry.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/un.forestry.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/peanut.company.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/peanut.company.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it is suspending Peanut Corporation of America and its subsidiary, Tidewater Blanching LLC, from doing business with the federal government for at least a year, and perhaps longer.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/myanmar.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/myanmar.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar is facing a food shortage largely due to last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, which destroyed nearly all the rice crops in the fertile Ayeyarwaddy delta, the United Nations said Wednesday.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/28/liberia.caterpillars.emergency/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/28/liberia.caterpillars.emergency/index.html#cnnSTCTextLiberia's president has declared a state of emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infested the country.Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/26/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/26/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was set to address an international meeting on combating hunger in Madrid on Tuesday, the first such event since the global financial crisis hit hard.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/14/mediterranean.diet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/14/mediterranean.diet/index.html#cnnSTCTextFamed for keeping people slim, healthy and living longer, the Mediterranean diet has followers all over the world.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/ireland.dioxin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/ireland.dioxin/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Republic of Ireland will resume sales of pork and bacon following a food safety scare that prompted the recall of all Irish pork, the country's Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith announced Wednesday.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/starvation.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/starvation.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. report says hunger is on the rise globally and blames higher food prices.Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:28:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1839995,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1839995,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsProducing the world's beef and pork intake creates more greenhouse gases than all of the planet's cars, planes and boats combined Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/eco.bees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/eco.bees/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith rising energy prices and the global biofuel rush already putting pressure on food prices, more news that some countries' food supplies are being threatened from other corners is never welcome. But new research from the British Beekeeping Association (BBKA) released last week seemed to promise exactly that.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/18/farm.bill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/18/farm.bill/index.html#cnnSTCTextCongress passed a $300 billion farm bill over President Bush's veto for a second time Wednesday, a step made necessary by a clerical error when the original bill passed.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/30/Biofuels.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/30/Biofuels.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/05/biofuels.Rome2/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/05/biofuels.Rome2/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe merits of increasing biofuel production in the middle of a crisis over skyrocketing food prices is being hotly debated at a United Nations summit, but the top U.S. delegate says consensus on the issue is possible.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/04/food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/04/food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextCountries and donors must spend as much as $20 billion a year if the world is to end the food crisis, the head of the United Nations said Wednesday.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/04/biofuels.Rome/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/04/biofuels.Rome/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeaders gathered at a summit on the world's food crisis quickly laid out their disagreements on a key issue: how much the rush for environmentally friendly biofuels is contributing to soaring prices that are causing hunger and unrest worldwide.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/un.food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/un.food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo controversial world leaders known for their anti-western rhetoric took advantage of a U.N. summit to point the finger of blame for the current food crisis at western nations. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world's poorest countries could pay 40 percent more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices, according to a United Nations report released Thursday.Fri, 23 May 2008 00:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/farm.bill/index.html#cnnSTCTextCongress enacted a $300 billion farm bill Thursday over President Bush's objections, but questions remain about whether a clerical error will keep the bill from going into effect.Thu, 22 May 2008 22:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/myanmar.farming/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/myanmar.farming/index.html#cnnSTCTextFarmer U Han Nyunt stands on some of the most fertile land in the world -- and fears that he will starve to death.Tue, 20 May 2008 11:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/14/meat.safety/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/14/meat.safety/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn a ranch nestled in the high plains of northeastern Colorado, thousands of cattle are being fattened up and prepared for slaughter.Tue, 20 May 2008 02:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/16/potato.year/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/16/potato.year/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt appears the global food crisis can be averted. The solution? The humble potato.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/habitatloss.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/habitatloss.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Amazon rainforest is so vast and full of life that even its defenders don't know exactly what it is they are protecting.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/01/somalia.kidnappings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/01/somalia.kidnappings/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo United Nations contract workers, a Briton and a Kenyan, were kidnapped Tuesday in southern Somalia, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/21/beef.recall.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/21/beef.recall.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Humane Society of the United States is partly responsible for the magnitude of the largest beef recall in the nation's history, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Thursday.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/30/undercover.slaughter.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/30/undercover.slaughter.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Humane Society of the United States released a video Wednesday it says shows mistreatment of "downed" cows at a California slaughterhouse -- and one lawmaker said it raises questions about the safety of the nation's food supply.Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:55:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/23/news/companies/fao_schwarz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/23/news/companies/fao_schwarz/index.htmSales are booming this year at FAO Schwarz, despite the fact that most of its toys are made in China, a country that's come under scrutiny for product safety.Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:34:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1685169,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1685169,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Senate Republicans have blocked a bad bill for the wrong reasons. But don't expect it to dieSat, 17 Nov 2007 07:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1684910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1684910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new U.N. report says the soaring price of oil may be leading to food shortages and hunger in the developing worldFri, 16 Nov 2007 17:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/14/news/international/pasta_prices.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/14/news/international/pasta_prices.fortune/index.htmSomething unusual is going on in the pasta section of the largest supermarket in Parma, Italy, these days. All the pasta is still there, stacked on both sides of a tennis-court-length aisle in the center of the store. The dizzying choice, too, is the same as in many Italian supermarkets: dozens of shapes, sizes, and colors, ranging from banal penne and rigatoni to lumachine, shaped like tiny snail shells.Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:14:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683418,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683418,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farmTue, 13 Nov 2007 18:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/johanns.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/johanns.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush announced Thursday that Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his post. Johanns is expected to seek an open seat in the U.S. Senate from his home state of Nebraska.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/10/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/10/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritish authorities announced Friday that a foot and mouth outbreak is not likely to spread outside a controlled zone in southern England where two cases of the highly-transmissible virus have been confirmed. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/06/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/06/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational bans were slapped on British farming exports Monday as the country scrambled to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, halting work at a vaccine lab suspected to be the source of the infection.Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/04/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/04/uk.footandmouth/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown, cutting short his holiday retreat to deal with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, said on Saturday the government would act decisively and promptly to contain, eradicate and identify the source of the disease.Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/03/foot.and.mouth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/03/foot.and.mouth/index.html#cnnSTCTextFoot and mouth disease has been found in cattle on a farm near Guildford in Surrey, England, British government officials said Friday, prompting Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a meeting of the United Kingdom's crisis panel.Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:50:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/24/news/economy/farmbill_ethanol/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/24/news/economy/farmbill_ethanol/index.htmThrough a series of creative financing proposals that includes guaranteed loans, grants and aggressive research, the 2007 Farm Bill now before Congress provides seed money for the growth of alternative fuel production in the United States.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/01/news/economy/panel_farmbill/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/01/news/economy/panel_farmbill/index.htmThis year's legislation for the nation's $300 billion farm industry takes important steps to help local farmers but much more remains to be done, a panel of experts agreed Tuesday.Tue, 01 May 2007 17:46:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/20/technology/credit_monitoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/20/technology/credit_monitoring/index.htmThe Department of Agriculture said Friday it will offer a year of free credit monitoring to individuals whose personal information was publicly available on a government Web site.Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/16/mad.cow/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/16/mad.cow/index.htmlThe Canadian government said Sunday that it has confirmed a case of mad-cow disease in a cow in British Columbia.Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:40:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/20/news/international/japan_beef/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/20/news/international/japan_beef/index.htmJapan halted the import of U.S. beef Friday after animal spines were found in three boxes of frozen beef at Tokyo International Airport and asked U.S. officials to explain what happened.Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/11/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/11/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlThe bird flu virus could become endemic in Turkey and poses a serious risk to neighboring countries, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364585/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364585/index.htmOn Sept. 27, hundreds of America's top cotton growers gathered in the convention center in Visalia, Calif., in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. They'd come for the annual meeting of Calcot, one...Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/21/canada.birdflu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/21/canada.birdflu/index.htmlGlobal moves to combat the threat of avian flu are being stepped up, with China, the United States, Canada, Japan and North Korea all taking action to help stop the disease spreading.Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/08/news/international/wto_trade.dj/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/08/news/international/wto_trade.dj/index.htmGENEVA -(Dow Jones)- Talks among trade ministers from the world's biggest commercial powers to open global markets ended in acrimony Tuesday night.Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/28/niger/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/28/niger/index.htmlAfter months of weak response, donations to assist famine-stricken Niger have increased to $13 million in the past two weeks -- still far short of what is needed, U.N. officials said.Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/06/01/8261979/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/06/01/8261979/index.htmThe soil of the Northwest's Palouse region is among the richest in the country. Much of it is sunk in and around outcroppings of Ice Age silt dunes; farmers and ranchers here sometimes work 50-degr...Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/09/news/funny/fao_schwartz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/09/news/funny/fao_schwartz/index.htmFor kids whose parents are loaded, baseball mitts or big wheel cars are just so gross.Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/birdflu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/birdflu/index.htmlDelaware's agriculture secretary says it is "way premature" for South Korea to ban U.S. poultry products after a strain of bird flu not known to affect humans was found on a farm in the state.Fri, 06 Feb 2004 06:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/birdflu.china/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/birdflu.china/index.htmlChinese agricultural officials have confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu -- the more deadly variety -- has spread to Anhui Province in Eastern China.Fri, 06 Feb 2004 05:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/birdflu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/birdflu/index.htmlUnited Nations health experts have issued stern warnings about bird flu as the human death toll in Asia rises to 18.Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/birdflu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/birdflu/index.htmlChina's vice agricultural minister has admitted there are weaknesses in the country's prevention policy on bird flu with widespread outbreaks across the nation.Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:53:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlHealth experts are meeting in Rome for an emergency bird flu summit as deaths from the disease mount in Asia and fears rise the illness may have reached Europe.Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/birdflu.wrap/index.htmlHealth experts are gathering for an emergency meeting in Rome as deaths from the disease mount in Asia and fears rise the illness may have reached Europe.Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bird.flu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bird.flu/index.htmlWorld health experts have called for a SARS-like response to a bird flu pandemic as two more Asian nations reported outbreaks of the disease.Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/mad.cow/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/mad.cow/index.htmlDNA tests verify "with a high degree of certainty" that the cow in Washington state found to have mad cow disease originated from a dairy farm in Alberta, Canada, USDA chief veterinarian Ron DeHaven said Tuesday.Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/05/mad.cow/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/05/mad.cow/index.htmlU.S. officials this week will kill about 450 bull calves, including the offspring of a dairy cow that tested positive for mad cow disease last month, the Agriculture Department said Monday.Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:44:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/27/208011/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/27/208011/index.htmLost in the budget brawl over Medicare comes news that farm subsidies, America's oldest, most protected welfare program, might finally be phased out. Or not. Mon, 27 Nov 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75815/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75815/index.htmTHE ENDURING global partnership between farmers and politicians is starting to come unstuck. The leading industrial powers, after years of bickering, now look ready to forge an agreement on rolling...Mon, 02 Dec 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/08/74164/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/08/74164/index.htmDWAYNE ANDREAS sometimes gets by with a little help from his friends. Three years ago the chairman and chief executive of Archer Daniels Midland Co. was arranging a conference of senior business an...Mon, 08 Oct 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71009/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71009/index.htmYep, it's for real all right. Any lingering skepticism about the severity of the drought was dispelled when the Department of Agriculture released its crop forecasts in mid-August. Consumers are al...Mon, 12 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68259/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68259/index.htmHOW ABOUT a few tunes on behalf of city dudes, Willie Nelson? The gritty, bighearted country-and-western singer has sponsored Farm Aid concerts around the country and has raised more than $8 millio...Mon, 10 Nov 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67961/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67961/index.htmWhile a drought has scorched crops, killed livestock, and cost farmers in the Southeast $1 billion, growers in the Midwest are reaping bumper crops. From the taxpayers' point of view, the bountiful...Mon, 18 Aug 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66582/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66582/index.htmNEARLY 100,000 U.S. farmers, many of them among the most efficient in the world, are about to go broke. Many are in their 30s and 40s, men who just a few years ago saw rich, prosperous lives ahead....Mon, 11 Nov 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/22/66168/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/22/66168/index.htmTWO POWERFUL LOBBIES, each accustomed to getting its way in Washington, are locked in fierce combat on Capitol Hill. Farmers want Uncle Sam to provide federal loans and other subsidies to help them...Mon, 22 Jul 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65468/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65468/index.htmAfter a week of furrowed brows, leaks to the press, and symbolic gestures to major-domos of Congress, President Reagan unveiled a list of $42 billion in budget cuts that were pretty much what Budge...Mon, 07 Jan 1985 05:01:00 EST