41.   Peasants who barely survived before could not compete when the Mexican market for farm products was opened to farmers in the United States and Canada.

42.   Recurring droughts, coupled with falling prices for farm products like coffee, continue to wear away the possibilities for life in the countryside.

43.   Sen. Craig Thomas will ask Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate whether meat-packing companies have illegally depressed prices for farm products, he announced Thursday.

44.   Simply put, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will set up new rules for selling goods, services and farm products.

45.   Still, pending farm legislation will abolish minimum prices for farm products and could raise the need for futures contracts.

46.   Texas congressmen gave a collective nod to a U.S.-China trade deal that chops in half duties placed on farm products that Texas has had trouble exporting.

47.   The Agriculture Department is sending more workers abroad to push credit sales of U.S. farm products, and Commerce Department officials assist U.S. business interests overseas.

48.   The eroding, thin soil has worn out in many places, making expensive fertilizer and other farm products essential to raising crops.

49.   The fall has been particularly steep the last few years as the U.S. farm economy faced a world glut of farm products and some historically low prices.

50.   The government has a stake in promoting domestic farm products, Cox said.