What's New - October 2006
Discussions
Continue On U.S. Beef In South Korea (USDA Radio News; 10/31/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S. Beef Back In
South Korea After Nearly Three Years (USDA Radio News; 10/30/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
World Hunger Increasing
(USDA Radio News; 10/31/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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The Goal Of World
Food Security (USDA Radio News; 10/27/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Communications
Technology Needed To Cut World Hunger (USDA Radio News; 10/26/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns,
World Food Prize, Des Moines, Iowa (10/19/06)
Avian Influenza Updates:
—
Joint USDA And DOI News Release: Confirmatory Avian Influenza Tests
Complete On Ohio Duck Samples - New Public Notification Protocol Announced
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior
today announced final test results, which confirm that no avian influenza
virus was found in samples collected earlier this month from wild Northern
pintail ducks in Ohio. (10/26/06)
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Wild Bird Samples From Michigan Undergo Additional Avian Influenza
Testing (10/20/06)
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Avian Influenza Tests Complete on Wild Green-Winged Teals in Illinois
(Joint
DOI And USDA News Release; 10/17/06)
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Ohio Wild Bird Samples
Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing
(Joint
DOI And USDA News Release; 10/14/06)
USDA and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced final test
results for the Illinois teals and initial results for the Ohio birds, both indicating the presence of low pathogenic avian
influenza virus, which poses no threat to human health.
USDA Radio Reports on Ag Trade:
— Meat Exports Poised to Set Record in
2007 (10/19/06;
real,
mp3,
wave)
— EU
May Someday Embrace GM Crops: An FAS
specialist in Bucharest, Romania, believes that sooner or later, the
European Union will start to embrace genetically modified crops. (10/17/06;
real,
mp3)
—
Romanian Farmers May
Lose GM Soybeans: After growing genetically
modified soybeans profitably for years, Romanian farmers may be told they
can no longer plant that crop.
(10/17/06;
real,
mp3)
— WTO
Open to the Public: Recently the World Trade
Organization held a public forum at its Geneva Headquarters. (10/17/06;
real,
mp3)
— The World Trade Talks Go Public:
A very public forum recently took place at WTO headquarters in Geneva. The
focus was on restarting the suspended world trade talks by agreeing to help
the poorest of the poor. (10/17/06;
real,
mp3)
—
Will There Soon Be No Need for Farm Subsidies?:
Two international megastars in business tell an audience at the WTO that
biofuel demand will mean no need for farm subsidies. (10/17/06;
real,
mp3)
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Rice Prices Remain Strong in Spite of GMO Concern:
Strong export demand has keep global prices for rice
up, despite concerns about GMO rice by the EU and other trading partners.
(10/13/06;
real,
mp3)
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Most Ag Businesses Hoping for Trade Talk Resumption:
World trade talks are on hold, but many farm-related
businesses are hoping for some breakthrough that could lead to an agreement.
(10/13/06;
real,
mp3)
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Ag Exports Right on
Target: Despite reductions in August, U.S.
agricultural exports are on target to setting a record for this past fiscal
year. (10/13/06;
real,
mp3)
—
What Was Hot in Farm Exports Last Year: A
USDA economist talks about what was hot and what was not in the farm export
scene during the past fiscal year. (10/13/06;
real,
mp3)
USDA Announces DEIP Allocations for 2006/07
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced
new one-year allocations under the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) for
the July-June 2006/07 year.
(10/12/06)
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data
(Economic Research Service; 10/12/06)
U.S., Canada Lift
Most Temporary Potato Import Bans (USDA Radio News; 10/10/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Mexico Opens Markets To U.S. Dairy Heifers (10/04/06)
WTO
Agricultural Trade Policy Commitments Database (Economic
Research Service; 10/04/06)
Avian Influenza Tests Complete On Wild Northern Pintail Ducks In Montana
(10/07/06)
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Illinois Wild Bird Samples Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing (09/29/06)
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More
Avian Influenza Updates
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns And U.S. Trade Representative Susan
Schwab Announce Favorable Ruling In WTO Case On Agricultural Biotechnology
(09/29/06)
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U.S. Government Officials Pleased
With Decision on EU (USDA Radio News; 10/02/06 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
More on the
European Union
Moratorium on Biotech Foods
Export Regulations
In Detail
Federal Register Notices
09/01/06
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
for the 2006 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
09/01/06
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import
Licenses for the 2007 Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Year
08/03/06
The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS), will begin accepting Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Farmers petitions for fiscal year
2007 starting August 15, 2006
08/03/06
Proposed rule to establish regulations
applicable to the Quality Samples Program (QSP)
07/28/06
Request an extension for a currently approved
information collection in support of the
Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing program
07/24/06
Notice of product coverage and trigger levels
for safeguard measures provided for in the World
Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on
Agriculture
07/12/06
Notice to request an extension of a
currently approved information collection in
support of Export Enhancement Program (EEP) and
Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP)
07/07/06
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of
a Currently
Approved Information Collection in
support of the Regulations—Financing
Commercial Sales of
Agricultural
Commodities under Title I of Public
Law 83-480; Request for Vessel Approval, Form
CCC-105 and Request for
Vessel Approval, Form CCC-105 (cotton); and
Declaration of Sale, Form
FAS-359.
Export Sales
Archival export sales reports are available from 1998 to the present.
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The Export Sales Reporting Program: The Early Alert System for U.S. Exporters
(brochure)
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