Secondly, the Council of Economic Advisers, the White House Rural Council, and the Department of Agriculture released a new report, which notes progress that has been made in the agricultural economy, and details steps the Obama administration has taken to help strengthen the farm economy and support jobs and growth in rural America.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Thursday's People's Daily says China has opened up markets in manufacturing, agriculture and service industries, citing a White Paper released by the State Council.

BBC: China morning round-up: WTO membership marked

Yesterday, the White House Rural Council hosted a Native American Food and Agriculture Roundtable Discussion, bringing together tribal leaders and experts on Native American agricultural economic development with Administration officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council, National Economic Council, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Council on Environmental Quality, and federal agency partners including the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Commerce, Treasury, and the Small Business Administration.

WHITEHOUSE: Engage and Connect

The agriculture minister, Derek Hanekom, has publicly hinted that white farmers may have provoked their assailants by consistently maltreating their black labourers and neighbours.

ECONOMIST: South Africa

At the time of the Shirley Sherrod case at the Agriculture Department, we were consistently told that there was no White House involvement.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

But the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture bought neither the consensus of the scientific community nor the directives from the White House.

FORBES: Back To The Future: Let's Reverse 25 Years Of Flawed Agbiotech Regulation

White farmers will not return en masse, but some should be encouraged to come back and rebuild Zimbabwe's agriculture, the heart of its economy, with offers of leaseholds and management contracts.

ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe