1.   Basically the policy protected farmers by guaranteeing a price for their products and by setting up barriers against imports.

2.   Currently, subsidies that were envisaged as a way of protecting farmers in poor areas are being commercially exploited by wealthy landowners.

3.   Ricardo despaired that Parliament was protecting wealthy farmers at the expense of the working poor.

4.   And if Clinton is re-elected this fall, he promises, he will lead the charge to protect farmers against natural disasters or price collapses.

5.   At the same time, the countries that also want to protect their farmers, particularly South Korea and China, are not very happy with Japan either.

6.   At international trade meetings, Japan has usually taken refuge in multilateralism, joining with Europe to protect domestic farmers with tariff walls.

7.   By locking in an agreed-upon price in advance, the farmer is protected against price declines later.

8.   Clinton may also suggest other changes in the settlement, including provisions designed to protect tobacco farmers, such as subsidies to grow other crops.

9.   Dairy farmers are protected through federally enforced regional compacts.

10.   Despite pressure from the group, for example, the European Union continues to protect its farmers from imported bananas and hormone-treated beef.