1.   Local poultry managers are complaining that Brazilians are undercutting them by selling cheaper chickens to supermarkets in Buenos Aires.

2.   The Ozunas had come north from the Rio Grande valley in Texas, drawn by the promise of jobs at the local poultry processing plant.

3.   Tom Miller, a superintendent at a local poultry company who has belonged to the church for two years, voiced a similar opinion.

4.   Bautista told reporters late on Sunday his department has agreed to do away with tariffs on feed corn imports used by local poultry firms to make them more competitive.

5.   However, local poultry producers said they could not compete with other countries due to high production costs.

6.   Interfax said Sverdlovsk lawmakers want to protect local poultry producers.

7.   Mr Liu said local poultry farmers should not keep waterfowl and chickens on the same farm.

8.   On Sunday, Bautista said his department agreed to do away with tariffs on feed corn imports used by local poultry firms to make them more competitive.

9.   Smaller numbers of birds have been slaughtered in local poultry markets.

10.   The nonbinding resolution also urged the Cabinet to work out a program to encourage local poultry farms.