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FAO reports food price index falls again

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its FAO Food Price Index this week, which fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 percent from May to its lowest level since September 2010. The four-point drop in June brought the index to 201 points from a
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NCFC opposes attempts to eliminate sugar program

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) today expressed its strong opposition to an amendment that Representative Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., intends to introduce during next week’s markup of the farm bill that would change current sugar programs in such a way as to effectively eliminate the p
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California expert to head effort to measure livestock impact

Frank Mitloehner, the California-Davis air quality expert who challenged a 2006 UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report that wildly exaggerated the environmental impact of livestock, has been named chairman of an FAO-led partnership that will improve how environmental impacts of the live
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WTO issues final COOL ruling

The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued its final ruling on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) today, upholding much of the initial ruling from November 2011, which the U.S. Trade Representative appealed in March 2012.
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