Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour.
Andrew Schmitz, Hartley Furtan, and Kathy Baylis. Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. xxvi + 511 pp. $125.00 cloth. This well-structured textbook is aimed at advanced undergraduates in economics, agricultural economics, and business administration (agribusiness students in particular). In my opinion,...

Invaluable Resource & Reference Guide to U.S. Agriculture.
The Agriculture Fact Book, 2000 is Now Available From NTIS SPRINGFIELD, Va., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture affects every American. You do not have to be a farmer; everyone with an interest in good nutrition, food safety, and the health of...

Food Safety's Cost: stiffer regulations loom but you may not pay the (entire) price after all.
During the many discussions regarding food safety in recent years, one theme kept rearing its ugly head: there was no way growers could pass along the costs. After all, growers historically haven't been able to pass down other costs, such as the rising price of inputs they need to...

Agriculture posts lackluster growth at 3.92% in 2008 from 4.63% in 2007.
A slowdown on agricultural activity prevailed in 2008 with a lower 3.92 percent growth rate from the previous year's 4.63 percent as farms were adversely hit by the high fuel and fertilizer costs. The Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) reported a more lackluster year with both palay...

Poultry, livestock raisers eye export markets.
Poultry and livestock farmers are pressing the Department of Agriculture (DA) to reform its "import strategy" that they claim is hurting local farmers and lead the industry to an export-oriented local farm production. These industries urged government to change its strategy as the Philippines has experienced a...

Quabbin project completed; Protected land in four towns creates a wildlife corridor.
Byline: George Barnes ATHOL - When Leigh Youngblood stood on the top of a fire tower on Prospect Hill in Phillipston, she was able to look over vast, mostly unspoiled acreage between where she was standing and the Quabbin Reservoir. Today, 1,865 of those acres...

Health, agriculture officials probe hog virus in farm worker.
Health and agriculture officials are conducting an investigation on a farm worker recently found positive of the Ebola Reston (hog) virus. National Epidemiology Center (NEC) Director Dr. Eric Tayag said the farm worker was found positive for a IGG strain of the virus, meaning the patient might...

Dow AgroSciences Receives Approval for Cultivation of HERCULEX(R) I Corn in Brazil.
INDIANAPOLIS and SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has authorized Dow AgroSciences to sell its first corn hybrids with HERCULEX(R) I Insect Protection technology. This authorization was given for 2B710HX, 2B688HX, 2B707HX, 2C520HX and 2A525HX corn hybrids. Dow AgroSciences also announced that it...

RP-India agriculture agreement pushed.
The government should follow up on its bilateral agreement signed last year with India where the Philippines can find insights on dryland farming or satellite farm monitoring as it pursues farm modernization. The Department of Agriculture (DA) signed a six-point farm cooperation agreement with India in August...

President leaving for Switzerland, Bahrain this week.
President Arroyo will embark on a five-day visit to Switzerland and Bahrain this week to promote the country's economic interests and welfare of Filipino workers, Malacanang said yesterday. The President is tentatively scheduled to leave Friday, Jan. 30, for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual World Economic...