1.   And U.S. agriculture officials insist the steps taken so far will prevent an outbreak in the United States.

2.   Ann Veneman, a former California agriculture official, was chosen to head the United States Department of Agriculture.

3.   As Nikolai Lugin, a regional agriculture official, entered his barn and stomped the snow from his boots, he expounded on the economic future of Sakhalin Island.

4.   A few months later, Canale saw a newspaper announcement that state and federal agriculture officials were recruiting fly trappers to combat the Medfly infestation in Camarillo.

5.   ACOG is working with state and federal agriculture officials on procedures to deal with horses from foreign countries bringing a potentially deadly disease, piroplasmosis, into the country.

6.   After Brazilian agriculture officials labeled the talk of export taxes as speculation and inaccurate, the conjecture ebbed, traders said.

7.   After Brazilian agriculture officials labeled the talk of export taxes as speculation, the conjecture ebbed.

8.   Agriculture officials are considering spraying the insecticide over parts of west Bradenton to kill the few remaining Mediterranean fruit flies that have not already succumbed to media hype.

9.   Agriculture officials said that the Salinas Valley had lost about half of its lettuce crop and that artichoke and strawberry farmers had also suffered much damage.

10.   Agriculture ministry officials had vowed to offer a subsidy to firms that destroy their inventory of meal, although they never said how much would be paid out.