Here Cropchoice presents an assortment of interesting farm news releases from a variety of sources. You'll find mention of many of these stories in Cropchoice news. Listing here does not imply endorsement by Cropchoice. 2004 October September August July June May April March February January 2003 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2002          December 2002 NFU Questions Free Trade Talks with Australia, New Zealand Authored By: National Farmers Union Farmer-Leaders Make "CONNECTIONS" to Build Profit Opportunities for U.S. Soybean Farmers Authored By: United Soybean Board ST. LOUIS (Dec. 17, 2002) - As global competition stiffens, it’s critical for the organizations representing U.S. soybean farmers to work together. To illustrate the importance of teamwork, "Connections" was the theme for a meeting, held Dec. 5-6 in St. Louis, that brought together over 300 soybean farmers and staff from the United Soybean Board (USB), American Soybean Association (ASA), Qualified State Soybean Boards (QSSB) and state soybean associations. "The Connections meeting outcome will help ensure that the soybean checkoff addresses the major issues facing U.S. soybean farmers," said newly elected USB Chairman David Durham, a soybean farmer from Hardin, Mo. "Those issues include keeping U.S. soybean farmers competitive, increasing the utilization of soy biodiesel, upgrading transportation infrastructure, protecting the U.S. livestock industry and improving the Consumer Groups to USDA: Don’t Feed Irradiated Food to School Children Authored By: Public Citizen Consumers Win as European Parliament Rejects Expanded Food Irradiation Authored By: Public Citizen United States Files WTO Case on Monopolistic Canadian Wheat Board Authored By: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick announced today that the United States will file a case against Canada in the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the wheat trading practices of the monopolistic Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).   In addition, the United States is challenging as unfair and burdensome Canada’s requirements to segregate imported grain in the Canadian grain handling system, along with Canada’s discriminatory policy that affects U.S. grain access to Canada’s rail transportation system.  This WTO case continues the Administration’s aggressive pursuit of ensuring a fair trading system for American farmers. The future of regional food security and agriculture in Africa Authored By: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Margot Wallstrom welcomes agreement on traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Authored By: European Commission Bt corn as healthy for cows as non-GM Authored By: ISAAA U.S. - German Research Consortium Sequences Genome of Versatile Soil Microbe Authored By: Institute for Genomic Research UKRAINE TO DEVELOP BIOPHARMACEUTICALS IN LIVING PLANTS FOR REGIONAL NEEDS IN PACT WITH USA'S LARGE SCALE BIOLOGY CORP. AND GERMANY'S ICON GENETICS Authored By: Large Scale Biology November October September August July June April February January 2001 December August July June May April February 2000 September September