Another goal is seeking and maintaining trade access for Vietnamese farm produce and manufactures.
Six members have already cut tariffs on manufactured goods, though not on farm produce.
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The surge comes after a partnership with social game FarmVille, likely an effort to align the brand with fresh farm produce.
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Panicked by rising food prices in 2007, more than 30 governments, from Ukraine to China, introduced export restrictions for farm produce.
In addition to imposing huge fines, technocrats have been resorting to unusual tactics, such as buying vegetable stands in Beijing, eliminating road tolls for trucks carrying farm produce, and flooding markets with strawberries discharged from state reserves.
McEVERS: The company partnered with food giant Cargill--recently bought the Brauer farm to produce antibiotic-free pork.
Peregrine Farm sells its produce and flowers mostly at farmers markets and to a few restaurants.
It supplements the produce and other farm products his restaurants in Philadelphia and Atlantic City normally receive.
We can get government contracts on wind farm and solar installations that will produce unbelievable profitability at virtually no risk.
The organic farm provides about 100 varieties of produce and it also raises chickens and bees for eggs and honey.
Any number that deviates significantly from the non-farm payroll forecast is likely to produce very active trading in the market place.
While drought conditions this year will keep the farms from being able to meet the full order, the schools are developing the capacity to use large amounts of local produce, boosting the local farm economy by providing a major regular customer.
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America's farm bill means that taxpayers pay Americans to produce things such as cotton that could be grown far more cheaply in Africa.
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