1.   What about farmers unions, did you ever have that conditions that you were working in.

2.   At least four houses were looted and at least two white farmers were shot at, said David Rockingham-Gill, the regional executive of the farmers union.

3.   Monday, the president called the leaders of the farmers union to his office here in the capital for a surprise meeting.

4.   Scores of white farmers fled the area as looters burned houses and stole goods in incidents that continued over the weekend, the farmers union said.

5.   So far, French farmers unions and the government have stepped in quickly to help farmers whose herds have been hit by the disease.

6.   The farmers union had filed suits against the government for failing to remove black squatters, and officials promptly took a tougher line against the farmers.

7.   A right-wing group campaigning for crackdown on crime, a radical farmers union and a far-right Catholic bloc could also win seats, polls show.

8.   A white farmers union called Monday for a boycott of local elections, joining some tribal chiefs who have urged their followers not to go to the polls.

9.   Dr. Jerry Grant, deputy director of the farmers union, said that in many areas the occupations were out of control.

10.   Farmers unions maintain that European Union subsidies are not properly allocated and their payment is too slow.