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What's New - February 2009



TRANSCRIPT: Keynote Address by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "Agricultural Outlook Forum 2009" (02/26/09)
VIDEO: Keynote Address

 


 

U.S. Agricultural Trade Outlook Forecast (02/26/08)

 

 

 


Kenya:  Food Security Case Study (.pdf; March 2009)
The Road Map To End World Hunger (USDA Radio News; 02/25/09 - wma, real, mp3)
 

 

Selecting Norman Borlaug Fellows (USDA Radio News; 02/20/09 - wma, real, mp3)
What Borlaug Fellows Learn (USDA Radio News; 02/20/09 - wma, real, mp3)
More information on the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program


Growing Middle Class Ready For Benefits Of Peru FTA
(USDA Radio News; 02/20/09 - wma, real, mp3)
More information on the Peru FTA
 


Vilsack Announces Implementation of Country Of Origin Labeling Law (02/20/09)
Letter to Industry Representatives
 


Ukraine:  Early Conditions for 2009/10 Winter Grains
(02/18/09)
Argentinean Rains and Crop Production Hopes (USDA Radio News; 02/18/09 - wma, real, mp3)

 


Video:  Once in a Lifetime -- USDA Agricultural Advisors in Iraq
(02/13/09)
Transcript (.pdf)
USDA Employee Timothy Powers Volunteers To Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (02/18/09)
 


Exports Declined At End Of 2008, But Year Still A Record (USDA Radio News; 02/13/09 - wma, real, mp3)
USDA Agricultural Projections to 2018 (02/12/09)
What Will the Next Ten Years Hold for Ag Exports? (USDA Radio News; 02/12/09 - wma, real, mp3)
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (02/11/09)
Agricultural Trade Multipliers (02/10/09)
 

Shrinking Corn Supplies in Argentina Further Slow World Exports (02/10/09; .pdf)
Argentinean Impacts on World Production and Supply Reports (USDA Radio News; 02/10/09 - wma, real, mp3)
 Brazil: Drought Reduces Yield Prospects for First-Crop Corn (02/10/09; .pdf)


Drought in South America to Limit Soybean Exports (02/10/09; .pdf)
U.S. Soybean Producers Could Benefit From Argentinean Drought (USDA Radio News; 02/11/09 - wma, real, mp3)
South American Drought Taking Its Toll  (USDA Radio News; 02/10/09 - wma, real, mp3)


Factors Shaping Expanding U.S. Red Meat Trade
(02/10/09)


 

Cover of USDA/ERS report on Declining Orange Consumption in Japan

 

Orange Export Decline Driven by the United States (02/09/09; .pdf)
 Declining Orange Consumption in Japan: Generational Changes or Something Else? (02/05/09)


 

 

The History of U.S. Soybean Exports to Japan (pdf., 01/23/09)

 

Secretary Vilsack to be 2009 Agricultural Outlook Forum's Keynote Speaker (02/05/09)
TRANSCRIPT and AUDIO: Secretary Tom Vilsack Hosts News Conference Call with Reporters (Jan. 26, 2009)
VIDEO: Welcome the 30th Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack (Jan. 22, 2009)
Senate Confirms Vilsack As Agriculture Secretary (USDA Radio News; 01/21/09 - wma, real, mp3)
Ag Sec. Vilsack's Top Priorities (USDA Radio News; 01/21/09 - wma, real, mp3)

Food For Progress Making Progress In Afghanistan (USDA Radio News; 01/21/09 - wma, real, mp3)

Featured Reports
02/18  Ukraine:  Early Conditions for 2009/10 Winter Grains
02/10 
Shrinking Corn Supplies in Argentina Further Slow World Exports (.pdf)
02/10 
Brazil: Drought Reduces Yield Prospects for First-Crop Corn (.pdf)
02/10 
Cotton:  Foreign Exportable Supplies are Policy Controlled (.pdf)
02/10 
Drought in South America to Limit Soybean Exports (.pdf)
02/09  Orange Export Decline Driven by the United States (.pdf)


World Production, Market and Trade Reports

03/02  U.S. Planting Seed Trade
02/13  Dairy Monthly Import Circular
02/11  Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
02/10  World Agricultural Production
02/10 
Grain: World Markets and Trade
02/10 
Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
02/10  Cotton: World Markets and Trade
02/09  Citrus: World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
02/03
  U.S. Planting Seed Trade

2009 Release Dates

Export Regulations
In Detail

Federal Register Notices

02/09/09  Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as Amended: Request for Public Comments Regarding Beneficiary Countries
01/21/09  Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products; Request for Applications
01/07/09
  Notice of Funds Availability; Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program; Correction
12/18/08  Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program
12/17/08 
Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM 102): Proposed Rule
12/03/08 
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops - Proposed Rule
11/06/08 
Notice of Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Supplier Credit Guarantee Program
11/06/08 
Notice of Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for GSM-102 Program
 
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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