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(AgricultureOnline) House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson told Agriculture Online Friday that changes are still likely in the farm bill's payment limits, an issue he expects to be working on between now and the next meeting of the farm bill conference committee early next week.

(Mid-South Farmer) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and USDA held a meeting in Washington last week to update agricultural stakeholders on the agencies' partnership in protecting agriculture from foreign plant and animal pests and diseases.

(Washington Post - Free Reg. Req)President Bush's decision in 2002 to sign a farm bill loaded with billions of dollars of new agricultural subsidies triggered considerable criticism from GOP conservatives true to the party's anti-spending philosophy.

(ABC Online Australia) The cotton harvest in northern New South Wales is well underway and going better than expected.

(The Financial Express) New Delhi, The revised WTO draft for negotiations in farm trade may not see the light of the day before May 12, even as the director-general, Pascal Lamy has proposed a mini-ministerial meeting on May 19.

(Globe and Mail, Canada)  MONTREAL -- Just two years after launching an ambitious plan to become a major player in the North American hosiery business, Gildan Activewear Inc. finds itself caught up in an international trade dispute over the flood of socks into the U.S. from Honduras.

(fibre2fashion) Various associations of textiles and other related industries have planned to observe a closure on May 16.