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What's New - January 2008
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 28, 2008. Secretary Schafer brings a record as an innovative two-term governor of North Dakota to USDA along with extensive private sector experience as both an entrepreneur and a business executive.
 

Statement By Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner Regarding Indonesia and Barbados Allowing Full Market Access For Beef and Beef Products In Line With International Standards (01/23/08)

USDA Accepting Applications for Export Assistance (01/23/08)

NAFTA And Benefits To U.S. And Mexican Ag Trade (USDA Radio News; 01/22/08 - real, mp3, wave)
U.S. and Mexico Agree No Need To Renegotiate NAFTA (USDA Radio News; 01/22/08 - real, mp3, wave)
USDA Official Says Sugar Producers Plan Detracts From NAFTA (USDA Radio News; 01/22/08 - real, mp3, wave)
Working Group Addresses U.S. And Mexican Livestock Issues (USDA Radio News; 01/23/08 - real, mp3, wave)
U.S., Mexico Work On Sanitary And Phytosanitary Trade Barriers (USDA Radio News; 01/24/08 - real, mp3, wave)
Working Group Helps Mexican Bean And Corn Growers (USDA Radio News; 01/25/08 - real, mp3, wave)

Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set (Economic Research Service; 01/18/08)

New Beef Trade Opportunity With South Korea (USDA Radio News; 01/17/08 - real, mp3, wave)

Statement by Bruce Knight, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs on FDA Risk Assessment on Animal Clones (01/15/08)

Record Export Pace Continues (USDA Radio News; 01/14/08 - real, mp3, wave)
U.S. Meat Exports Could Set Records In 2008 (USDA Radio News; 01/18/08 - real, mp3, wave)

Statement on EC-Biotech Dispute (01/14/08)
U.S. Reacts To Passing Of WTO Response Deadline By European Union (USDA Radio News; 01/16/08 - real, mp3, wave)
Federal Register Notice: WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings RE: Measures of the European Communities Affecting the Approval of Marketing of Biotech Products (01/17/08)

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (Economic Research Service; 01/11/08)

U.S.-Mexican Officials Meet To Discuss NAFTA (01/11/08)
Statement by Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner on the Full Implementation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (01/02/08)
NAFTA Fact Sheet
More about NAFTA

Featured Reports
01/11 
Changing Soybean-Corn Price Spread to Impact Planting Decisions
01/11  U.S. Wheat Exports Soar to North Africa and Middle East
01/11  Brazil Soy Production Reduced Due to Less Than Expected Planted Area

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
01/31  Dairy Monthly Import Circular
01/31  U.S. Planting Seed Trade
01/30  Pears:  World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
01/28  Frozen Potato Products:  World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
01/11  Avocados:  World Markets and Trade (.pdf)
01/11 
Table Grapes:  World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
01/11 Cotton: World Markets and Trade
01/11 Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
01/11 Grain: World Production, Markets and Trade
01/11 World Agricultural Production


2008 Release Dates

Export Regulations
In Detail

Federal Register Notices

01/24/07 
Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program
11/06/07 
Request a renewal of current information collection processes currently used in support of Exporter Assistance programs
10/29/07 
Extension for a currently approved information collection procedure for entry of specialty sugars into the United States
10/29/07 
Extension for a currently approved information collection procedure for Sugar Import Licensing Programs
10/17/07 
Notice of Request for Public Comments on the Review and Renegotiation of the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products
10/04/07 
The Dairy Import Licensing Program, Proposed Rule
 
Export Sales
Archival export sales reports are available from 1998 to the present. --
The Export Sales Reporting Program: The Early Alert System for U.S. Exporters (brochure)
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