Committee Reports, Policy Amendments, Action Items and Presentations

Draft Business Session Summary (March 10, 2005)

Committee Reports:
Animal and Plant Industries Committee
Biotechnology Task Force
Food and Agriculture Security Committee
Food Regulation and Nutrition Committee
Marketing And International Trade Policy Committee
Natural Resources and Pesticide Management Committee
Rural Development and Financial Security Policy Committee

Soybean Rust Briefing Paper

Policy Amendments and Action Items

Presentations
Modeling as a Support Tool for Managing Soybean Rust in 2005 by Roger Magarey (CPHST/APHIS), Joe Russo (ZedX) and Scott Isard (Penn State)
Challenges for U.S. Agriculture: Markets, Farm Policy and Budgets  handout
Doha Round Negotiations and the Cotton Case, DTB Associates, LLP
International Trade/Detection of Foreign Pests: Is This a Cost of Doing Business? W. A. Dickerson, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Report on Conference of BSE Prevention in North America, Randall Huffman, Ph.D., V.P. Scientific Affairs, American Meat Institute Foundation

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