The program also envisions efforts to bring water to 2.3 million ha of pasture and lay 1,700 kilometers of rural water supply pipes by the year 2000. Russia put just 100 kilometers of such pipes in place last year. However, the Lithuanian National Progress Party has now proposed holding a referendum on prohibiting the sale of land to foreigners. Farmers blocked border crossings with tractors and demanded Croatia halt imports until it can be determined what farmers can produce domestically. Farmers said imports and middlemen have driven up the cost of food and threaten to ruin Croatian agriculture.
Millers claim, however, that there is only enough grain for one week.
Videnov explained the discrepancy by saying it was just an attempt by private bakeries to drive up the cost of bread. Zhelev also plans to participate in Bulgaria's primary elections. Roslesprom, the company which coordinates Russia's timber industry, will also help set up joint logging companies in the Arkhangelsk and Perm regions. The Deputy Director of the Kharkov Chicken Factory noted egg yields had decreased by 20-30 percent within two weeks of using the feed. Vets said the feed contained patulin, a microtoxin, that in some consignments rose to 80 times the norm.