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"Savoring the Sweet Fruits of Technology: Why Don't My Tree-Ripened Peaches Taste as Good as the Ones in the Store?", by Dennis T. Avery
August 11, 2000

"Big Agriculture Isn't What's Ailing Farmer Today", by Dennis T. Avery
June 23, 2000

"Cattle Not to Blame for Antibody Resistance in Humans", by Dennis T. Avery
May 19, 2000

"Praising the Gas Engine on Earth Day", by Dennis T. Avery
April 14, 2000

Response to U.S. Senators from Secretary Glickman regarding their September 29, 1999 letter
March 7, 2000

Letter to USDA Secretary Dan Glickman from 53 U.S. Senators Regarding the Agriculture Marketing Transition Act Payment System
September 29, 1999

"What's Next for U.S. Agriculture After the WTO Failure in Seattle?", by James Jesernig, Director, Washington State Department of Agriculture
March 9, 2000

"Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China Helps American Farmers", by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman
March 8, 2000

"Ag Trade Policy in Shambles", by Sen. Pat Roberts
February 11, 2000

"New Ideas in Farm Policy", by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
February 9, 2000

"Expanded EU Will Make Farm Subsidy Reform A Necessity", by Dennis T. Avery
January 21, 2000

"Is US Handing the Future of Food Technology to China?", by Dennis T. Avery
January 14, 2000

Remarks by Senator Pat Roberts, Farm Journal Agriculture Conference
December 7, 1999

"Time for Farmers to Laud the Virtues of Biotechnology", by Dennis T. Avery
November 12, 1999

"A Letter from Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana to All Members of the U.S. Senate"
November 9, 1999

"A Letter Responding to Senator Lugar's Original Letter, From Senators Roberts, Kerrey, Craig, Conrad, Daschle, Baucus, Johnson, Santorum, and Grassley"
November 9, 1999

"Legislation Making the Chief Executive Agricultural Negotiator Position at USTR Permanent",  by Hon. Michael K. Simpson
October 28, 1999

"Biotech Holds the Solution to Africa's Food Woes,  by Dennis T. Avery
October 29, 1999

"A More Confident China Opens Up To Farm Trade",  by Dennis T. Avery
October 11, 1999

"Big and Small, Side by Side" , by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
October 4, 1999

Questions and Answers on the Farm Crisis: House Agriculture Leaders Respond
September 27, 1999

Public Hearings of the House Committee on Agriculture on Farming's Financial Crisis
September 15, 1999

Letter on CalFed project, from Sharan Lanini, Monterey County Farm Bureau
September 8, 1999

"Biotechnology: A World Trade Crisis Or The Path to the Future", by Dennis T. Avery
September 1, 1999
 

"How Many Farmers Should Get Subsidies" , by Dennis T. Avery
August 25, 1999

Three Views on Farm Income and Freedom to Farm,
     (Floor Statements of Sen. Richard Lugar, Sen. Tom Harkin and Sen. Pat Roberts)
  
August 10, 1999
 

"Tax Exclusion for Farmland",  by Trenna R. Grabowski, Legislative Chair/Past President, American Agri-Women
August 2, 1999

"Environmentalists Must Focus on Savings Land, Not Oil",  by Dennis T. Avery
June 18, 1999

"Asian Tigers Still Not Feeding On US Farm Imports",  by Dennis T. Avery
May 18, 1999

"Saving The Gulf of Mexico May Cause Harm Instead",  by Dennis T. Avery
May 14, 1999

"A New Plan for American Agriculture", by Rep. David Minge
April 23, 1999

"A Charter for Just About Anything", by Randy Green
April 22, 1999

"A Strong U.S. Trade Policy Has Never Been More Important", by Sen. Pat Roberts
April 19, 1999

"Glickman Defends Farm Subsidies in PBS Interview"
April 13, 1999

"The FAIR Act and Beyond", by Bob Petersen, National Grain Trade Counsel
April 8, 1999

"The Right Kind of Help For American Agriculture", by John C. Baize
March 29, 1999

"Soybeans and Irony", by Randy Green
March 22, 1999

"Chairman Greenspan on Agriculture", by Randy Green
March 16, 1999
    (Contains full text of Greenspan's  speech on the farm economy
        to the Independent Bankers Association)

"U.S. Agricultural Outlook", by Rep. Charlie Stenholm
March 3, 1999 



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