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FDA and USDA Determine Swine Fed Adulterated Product
FDA determined that a shipment of rice protein imported from China was contaminated with melamine and melamine-related compounds. The product was imported during the week of April 2, 2007 by Wilbur-Ellis, an importer and distributor of agricultural products. The rice protein was used in the production of pet food and a byproduct was used to produce animal feed. (04/26/07)
— Joint Update: FDA/USDA Update on Tainted Animal Feed (04/28/07)
— FDA/USDA Trace Adulterated Animal Feed to Poultry (04/30/07)

International Baseline Data (Economic Research Service; 04/26/07)

USDA Hosts Specialty Crop Research Workshop (04/26/07)

Update on WTO Talks (USDA Radio News; 04/24/07 - real, mp3, wave)

Statement of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Beef Trade with Japan (04/23/07)
— No Word Yet On Timing Of Japanese Audits Of Meat Plants (USDA Radio News; 04/25/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S. To Allow More Japanese Audits Of U.S. Beef Plants (USDA Radio News; 04/24/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— Efforts To Normalize World Beef Trade (USDA Radio News; 04/20/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S./Japan Ag Leaders Still Talking About Beef Trade Issues (USDA Radio News; 04/20/07 - real, mp3, wave)

Transcript of Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns to the USAID International Food Aid Conference - Kansas City, Missouri- April 18, 2007
—Johanns: America Needs More Flexibility In Food Aid Efforts (USDA Radio News; 04/19/07 - real, mp3, wave)

— Johanns Wants Japan To Move Forward On Beef Trade (USDA Radio News; 04/16/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S. And Korea Await OIE Assessment Of U.S. Beef (USDA Radio News; 04/16/07 - real, mp3, wave)

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (Economic Research Service; 04/13/07)
— U.S. AG Exports Surging Ahead Of Last Year (USDA Radio News; 04/17/07 - real, mp3, wave)

USDA Secretary Johanns, Under Secretary Keenum to Address International Food Aid Conference, April 18 (04/12/07)

WTO Members Set Year-End Deadline to Reach New Deal
Meeting in New Delhi, trade representatives from six key member nations of the World Trade Organization have proposed a new year-end deadline to complete negotiations on a treaty to liberalize global trade.
Transcript of news conference (04/12/07; .pdf)

OIE Report on U.S. Meat Safety Standards Expected Out By Mid May (USDA Radio News; 04/10/07 - real, mp3, wave)

India and Its Closed Markets (USDA Radio News; 04/10/07 - real, mp3, wave)

Special Feature: Rebuilding Agriculture in Iraq (March 2007)
— Detail Assignments in Iraq for USDA Employees (application deadline April 20)

U.S. Fishery Product Exports Exceed $4 Billion in 2006 (FAS Report; 04/04/07,.pdf)

Brazil - Agriculture Superpower (USDA Video Feature; 04/03/07 - windows)

United States and Korea Conclude Historic Trade Agreement (04/02/07)
— Statement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (04/05/07)
— Fact Sheet (.pdf)
— Details On U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (USDA Radio News; 04/17/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S. To Continue To Work To Fully Reopen Korean Beef Market (USDA Radio News; 04/05/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— Some Immediate Benefits For A U.S.-Korea FTA (USDA Radio News; 04/04/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— U.S. and Korea Conclude Free Trade Agreement (USDA Radio News; 04/02/07 - real, mp3, wave)
— More on the U.S.-Korea FTA

Wood Market Update (04/02/07:.pdf)

Featured Reports
04/17 U.S. Walnut Exports Forecast Unchanged (.pdf)
04/17 U.S. Almond Exports Set to Increase (.pdf)
04/10 Brazil’s Beef Exports Surge While Pork Languishes
04/10 World Rye Trade Dwindles
04/10 Strengthening Prices and Increased South American Production Leads to Further Cuts in the U.S. Soybean Export Forecast (pdf.)
04/04 U.S. Fishery Product Exports Exceed $4 Billion in 2006
04/02 Wood Market Update (pdf.)

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
04/16 Dairy Monthly Imports
04/10 Cotton: World Markets and Trade
04/10 Livestock and Poultry: World Markets & Trade
04/10 Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
04/10 World Agricultural Production
04/10 Grain: World Markets and Trade

2007 Release Dates

Export Regulations
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Federal Register Notices

05/01/07 Collection of Information Extension for Facility Guarantee Program (FGP)
04/06/07 Denying a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance to Burley Tobacco Producers
04/06/07 Denying a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance to Michigan Honey Producers
04/06/07 Denying a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance to New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Concord Grape Producers
04/06/07 Denying a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance to California Avocado Producers
04/03/07 Collection of Information Extension for Food Aid Programs
03/30/07 Notice of Funds Availability; Inviting Applications for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program
03/30/07 Notice of Funds Availability; Inviting Applications for the Quality Samples Program
03/30/07 Notice of Funds Availability; Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program
03/30/07 Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Market Access Program
03/30/07 Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program
03/23/07 WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels
03/20/07 Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade; Reestablishment and Nominations

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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