products in the Panamanian market. Agricultural safeguard measures will be available for certain products, allowing for temporary tariff increases if import quantities exceed agreed trigger levels. For some products with longer tariff phaseouts, immediate duty-free market access will be provided through the creation and expansion of TRQs (providing duty-free access for a specified quantity of imports) In December 2006, the United States and Panama signed an extensive agreement on SPS...

According to folklore, the mound is traditionally visited at sunrise on Midsummer's Day by a white figure accompanied by a white hound with red ears. Art of the crop circle reaches new heights with this astonishing 3-D design. It has been the setting for several crop circles in the past, including an elaborate 350ft pattern featuring a giant Egyptian mosaic in the shape of two wings, surrounded by symbols which bear a striking resemblance to the Mayan calendar which predicted that the...

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar in New York fell for the fourth-straight session as a record cane harvest in Brazil, the largest producer, exceeds demand from ethanol mills. The price earlier touched 9.18 cents, the lowest for a most-active contract since June 19. World sugar production will be 166. Licht's February estimate and up 13 percent from last year, according to the report. Futures have dropped 44 percent in the past year. Sugar Falls for 4th Session on Increased Supplies in Brazil By...

Soybean acreage was slashed as farmers planted more corn, which reached a 10-year high in February, driven by record demand for ethanol and animal feed. Wheat is the fourth-biggest crop, behind hay, with a value of $7. When farmers were making planting decisions in early March, corn had gained 82 percent from a year earlier while soybeans were up 29 percent. Soybeans currently are too cheap to guarantee a large increase in global acreage, Feltes said. Prices earlier rose 50 cents, the...

BRONWYN CHESTER, Freelance Published:Monday, July 02, 2007 When Robert Beauchemin and Lily Vallieres decided to grow organic wheat in 1976, they had no idea that the seed of the world's best-known grass would germinate into an operation that purchases and mills the bulk of all Quebec-grown organic wheat. BRONWYN CHESTER, Freelance Published:Monday, July 02, 2007 When Robert Beauchemin and Lily Vallieres decided to grow organic wheat in 1976, they had no idea that the seed of the world's...