Update on WTO and Ag Subsidies

I have not seen much recently on the WTO and here is an update:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqCb2DDPwRQi4If3vv-3CgewuaiA
Also an article on international ag subsidies:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7517135.stm

Owning Structure

Jim Hightower, who calls himself America’s Number 1 Populist, has recently written an editorial called ‘Speculators and our food’. From Mr. Hightower:
Speculators have long messed with farmers by artificially manipulating prices on everything from corn to soybeans. But now they’re pooling up billions of dollars from global investors to go after the farms themselves, [...]