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Perhaps because they sit atop some of America's most fertile land-the topsoil, the remains of a prehistoric lake bed, can run 6 ft. deep -- many Cass County farmers say they are ready for change. Most find the welter of farm programs confining and confusing; many would prefer to shuck them altogether. Indeed, some farmers have begun to get out of the farm program voluntarily. Gerald Melvin, a third-generation farmer who works 3,000 acres that produce durum wheat, beans and five other crops, suggests that farmers would gladly accept reduced payments if Washington stopped placing burdensome environmental...
While both of the state's U.S. Senators oppose deep cuts in the farm program, many farmers see silver linings in any case. One is that the loss of price supports will cause land rents to fall, which will lower the cost of farming and could encourage younger people to get into agriculture. Another is that an end to obsolete limits on production will better position trade-savvy farmers to compete in markets overseas. Democrat Kent Conrad has warned of a "disaster" if the cuts are indiscriminate. But Bill Pietsch, vice president of the North Dakota Farm Bureau in Fargo...
Politicians ranging from the occupant of the Oval Office to the local dog-catcher agree on one issue: it's high time to put some additional teeth into the laws of the land to prevent evil assassins from committing their heinous acts. Nonsense! I am confident that sufficient laws are in place to incarcerate these criminals, when convicted through due process, for the remainder of their lives...
...Yasushi Akashi, who is head of the U.N.'s peacekeeping operation in the former Yugoslavia, managed after the second round of rockets to engineer a cease-fire in Sector West. But when he tried to fly into the sector on Thursday, the Croatians would not allow his helicopter to land. "Akashi has become a comic figure," says Jens Reuter of the Sudost Institute in Munich...
...conflict in Bosnia even a little toward a just peace-or any peace. Right now the Bosnian Serbs control 70% of Bosnian territory. The so-called Contact Group -- he U.S., Britain, Russia, France and Germany -- has a plan that requires the Serbs to reduce their share of the land to 49%. They have shown little interest. "We're not holding our breath for the Serbs to accept [the Contact Group plan] as the 'basis' for talks, the 'starting point' or anything else," says a top Administration official...