21.   The conservation proposals would represent a fundamental shift in the way the government has traditionally supported farmers, said Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman.

22.   The mad cow talks were expected to run into Tuesday when the EU ministers were set to debate plans to support farmers hit by the mad cow scare.

23.   The prince first met the Relphs in September, when he visited the Lake District to support farmers affected by foot-and-mouth.

24.   The United States, which uses subsidized loans to support farmers, wants all direct subsidies abolished.

25.   Varbanov is suspected of illegally extending loans from a state fund to support farmers, and of wrongdoing in selling off state property.

26.   Yeltsin said the government will continue to support farmers, offering cheap loans but demanding they be repaid.

27.   Zimbabwe has also accused Britain of supporting white farmers whose properties have been earmarked for compulsory acquisition by the government in a bid to correct colonial land ownership imbalances.

28.   Part of the funds would go towards supporting small-scale farmers, the Zambia Daily Mail said.