Record $108.5 Billion Agricultural
Exports Forecast For 2008
(05/30/08)
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FAS Analysis
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Read Full Report (.pdf)
— USDA Raises Its Export Forecast
Again (USDA Radio News; 05/29/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Schafer Announces Travel To Rome For FAO
High-Level Conference On World Food
Security
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
will lead the U.S. delegation to the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations High-Level
Conference on World Food Security: the
Challenges of Climate Change and
Bioenergy in Rome, Italy, June 3-5.
(05/29/08)
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More on the FAO Conference
Schafer Says Korea To Take U.S. Beef
Soon
(USDA Radio News; 05/27/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
(Economic Research Service; 05/27/08)
FAS Administrator Discusses Increasing
Ag Trade Between The United States And
North Africa (USDA Radio News; 05/20/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Update on the Doha Development Agenda
— WTO Moves Forward With Review
Of Doha Round Documents (USDA Radio News; 05/28/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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It Is Now Ministers’ Turn To Advance The Doha
Round (USDA Radio News; 05/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Closer To A
Doha Round Agreement, Says World Trade
Officials (USDA Radio News; 05/21/08 -
real,
mp3)
Statement by Agriculture Deputy
Secretary Chuck Conner on the
President's Veto of the Farm Bill
(05/21/08)
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TRANSCRIPT and VIDEO: Deputy Secretary
Chuck Conner Holds Press Conference on
Presidential Veto of The Farm Bill
(05/21/08)
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Presidential Farm Bill Veto Message
(White House; 05/21/08)
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
Announces Plan To End Exceptions To
Animal Handling Rule (05/20/08)
— Schafer
Proposes Total Downer Ban (USDA Radio News; 05/20/08 -
real,
mp3)
Food, Feed and Fuel: USDA Briefing
(05/19/08)
News Updates on Livestock, Dairy Trade
— Dairy Prices Remain Strong in 2009
(USDA Radio News; 05/16/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— 2009 U.S. Meat Trade a Tale of Two
Industries (USDA Radio News; 05/16/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— South Korea To Delay Full U.S. Beef
Trade (USDA Radio News; 05/14/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— National Animal Identification System
Plan Making Progress (USDA Radio News;
05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Statement by USTR Schwab on Recent
Developments in Korea
(U.S. Trade Representative, 05/12/08)
— Schafer: South Korean Beef Deal Strong
Despite Opposition (USDA Radio News;
05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Russia Allows for Importation of U.S.
Livestock (05/07/08)
Farm Bill and Message on World Trade
Reforms (USDA Radio News; 05/15/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S. Ag Secretary Schafer on House
Passage of the Farm Bill Conference
Report:
"A Farm Bill in Name Only"
(05/14/08)
— House Passes Farm Bill (USDA Radio
News; 05/14/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)—
President Bush Says He Will Veto
Congress' Proposed Farm Bill: "Falls
Short" (White House, 05/13/08)
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Congress' Farm Bill Is Bad for American
Taxpayers (White House Fact Sheet,
05/09/08)
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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
and Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner Hold
News Conference Call to Discuss
Congress' Announcement of a New Farm
Bill (transcript; 05/09/08)
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Hear the audio recording (05/09/08)
— Schafer Says Farm Bill Veto Faces
Uphill Battle To Be Sustained (USDA
Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Schafer Says Veto Override Vote Could
Be Close (USDA Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
Agriculture Secretary Schafer
Comments on Congress' Announcement of a
New Farm Bill (05/08/08)
— Schafer: President Will Veto Farm Bill
(USDA Radio News; 05/08/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Questions About Farm Bill and What
Could Happen Next (USDA Radio News;
05/08/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Farm Bill Battle Enters a New Stage
(USDA Radio News; 05/08/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Schafer on the Farm Bill: Optimistic But
Work To Be Done (05/07/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Doha
Development Agenda Updates
— Available Soon: Revised World
Trade Organization Draft Ag Modalities
Text (USDA Radio News; 05/14/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— More on the Upcoming Revised Draft of
WTO Negotiations (USDA Radio News;
05/14/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Doha Round Deal and Impacts to High
Food Prices (05/07/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
USDA Food
Aid in Today's Economy
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Helping Hungry Nations Boost Food Production
(USDA Radio News; 05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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High Prices and Shortages Among Concerns
in Food Aid Efforts
(USDA Radio News; 05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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President Asks Congress For An
Additional $770 Million For Food Aid
(05/01/08)
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Fact Sheet: Leading the Fight
Against Hunger
—
Statement of Joseph Glauber, USDA Chief
Economist Before the Joint Economic
Committee, U.S. Congress on World Food
Prices (05/01/08; .pdf)
— Several
Factors Behind Increasing Food Prices
(USDA Radio News; 05/01/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
Global Agricultural Supply and Demand:
Factors Contributing to the Recent
Increase in Food Commodity Prices
(Economic Research Service; 05/01/08)
Trade News: Crop Projections and
Exports
— Potatoes
— Improved Guidelines for Potato Pest
Keeps Border Open to Trade (USDA Radio
News; 05/14/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
USDA and CFIA Revise Guidelines
for the Movement of Potatoes Between
the United States and Canada (05/05/08)
— Corn
— Corn Demand Remains Strong and Prices
Remain High (USDA Radio News; 05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Corn Use Down For New Crop Year, But
Ethanol Demand Up (USDA Radio News;
05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— 2008-2009 Corn Crop Projections (USDA
Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— 2008 Wheat Picture Includes Record
Price, More Production (USDA Radio News;
05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Rice
— Myammar Cyclone Has Little Impact on
World Rice Market (USDA Radio News;
05/12/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
Export Restrictions Fueling Dramatic
Rise in Rice Prices (USDA Radio News;
05/12/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Dramatic Increase in Rice Price
Predicted (USDA Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Rice Fields in Burma Devastated by Cyclone (USDA
Radio News; 05/07/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— Oilseeds and Wheat
—
Wheat Price Set To Reach Another Record
High (USDA Radio News; 05/13/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— U.S. Cotton Production Down
Significantly This Crop Year (USDA Radio
News; 05/12/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Demand Should Drive Soybean Price to
Record in 2008–2009 (USDA Radio News;
05/12/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Ag Trade Data and Forecasts
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Exports Set New Records . . . Again
(USDA Radio News; 05/12/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data
(05/09/08)
— GMO Crops Gaining More Worldwide
Acceptance (USDA Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
— USDA Forecasting Higher Prices for 2008
Crops (USDA Radio News; 05/09/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
—
Ambassador Schwab Discusses 1Q08 Trade
Deficit Report
(.pdf; U.S. Trade Representative;
05/09/08)
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Agricultural Outlook: Statistical
Indicators (.pdf; 05/08/08;
download data [MS Excel])
— May Crop Report Traditionally Looked
Upon With Anticipation (USDA Radio News; 05/07/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Finding FAS Staff in Washington,
D.C., Just Got Easier!
FAS has launched a new search engine for
finding experts in international agriculture
and trade
at our
headquarters in Washington, D.C. Find
experts by commodity, country, issue,
and program, as well as administrative
and support, civil rights, and external
affairs staff. We
invite you to try out the new search
engine at
http://www.fas.usda.gov/contactlookup/ContactLookup.asp (05/08/08)
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Find contacts at FAS overseas offices
Schafer Recognizes Work Of USDA Advisors
Who Served In Afghanistan And Iraq
(05/02/08)
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USDA Video of the recognition ceremony
(05/02/08)
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Rebuilding Agriculture and Food Security
in Afghanistan
— Rebuilding Agriculture and Food Security
in Iraq