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,...

Scred cow? Canada's response to the BSE crisis; Evaluating North American integration, science, and questions of intrusiveness and autonomy.
I. INTRODUCTION This study focuses on foreign and domestic pressures related to Canada's first indigenous case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in May 2003. At the international level, the integration of the North American cattle and beef industry, export considerations in other markets, and the role of...

Measures would curb state spending.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard Oregonians face a weighty decision when they vote on Measure 48: Should state spending go on a severe diet? If the answer is yes, is Measure 48 the self-help way to a lean, healthy Oregon? Or would it mean starvation...

Rejuvenation of coffee trees pushed in Eastern Visayas.
Byline: RESTITUTO A. CAYUBIT TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Eastern Visayas has encouraged farmers to rejuvenate coffee trees to revitalize the coffee industry in the region to meet the growing demand for coffee beans. DA Regional Executive Director Leo P. Caneda...

Saskatchewan.
The fourth and final session of the 24th Legislature opened on March 18th, 2003 and continued to sit for 68 sitting days, before adjourning on June 27th. The session saw the passage of a spring budget and a smaller than average number of bills. 46 of the 48 bills...

Wine exporters miss the boat on Cuba.
During the 2002 U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition in Havana that led to explosive growth in agricultural shipments to Cuba, half a dozen vintners displayed various cases of California wine. Yet only one company, San Diego-based Global Strategies Trading, has been able to broker the sale of...

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...

Canola controversy.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard ALBANY - The stray turnip, its new leaves poking up through the soil between rows of cabbage on Skip Gray's farm, caught his eye almost instantly. He bent over and pulled up the volunteer. "That's what I'm talking...

Pesticide makers enjoy fat profits or suffer losses.
In contrast with the consistent growth results of urea firms, China's pesticide makers reported wide ranging financial results for their product lines for the first half (H1) of this year, ending June 30th. The early birds entering the manufacture of glyphosate shared fats profits brought by the quadrupled price...

Beetle pesticide raises a new buzz; Beekeepers worry about effect on their hives.
Byline: Bradford L. Miner LEICESTER - The injection of the pesticide imidacloprid into healthy maples near those infested by the Asian longhorned beetle may be welcome news to shade tree lovers, but Worcester beekeepers are worried and some are planning on moving their hives from "ground zero."...