Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Names John D. Brewer as General Sales Manager of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (08/20/09) — Corrected Announcement: USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Russia (08/21/09) — Corrected Announcement: USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Central America Region (08/21/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Turkey (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Southeast Asia Region (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South Korea (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South America Region (08/20/09) — USDA Cancels GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South Asia Region (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Russia (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Mexico (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Jamaica (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to China/Hong Kong (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Central America Region (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Caribbean Region (08/20/09) — USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Africa And Middle East Region (08/20/09) U.S. Almond Exports Expand to Meet Global Demand Record high beginning stocks coming into the new season will help the U.S. industry meet foreign demand. (08/14/09)   What the 2008/2009 World Economic Crisis Means for Global Agricultural Trade (08/20/09) — Ag Impacts From Off Year for India Monsoons (USDA Radio News; 08/21/09 - wma, real, mp3) — Meat Exports Up Despite Lower Beef Export Forecast (USDA Radio News; 08/19/09 - wma, real, mp3) — U.S. Ag. Export Sales to Russia Down Considerably (USDA Radio News; 08/19/09 - wma, real, mp3) FAS Launches New Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) FAS today launched the Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), a new robust online U.S. Agricultural Trade System. GATS incorporates many new functions not available in the current FAS online trade systems such as U.S. State data, U.S. Customs District data, and historical trade data starting in 1967 plus some advanced analytical features. New users can check out the online user help manual or address questions to GATSHelp@fas.usda.gov. — Visit the new GATS system   Food for Progress Success Story:  Access to Finance, Training, and Markets Moves Kenya’s Subsistence Farmers to Sustainability (August 2009)   USDA Requests Comments to Improve Facility Guarantee Program (08/14/09) — More on the Facility Guarantee Program   FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports (08/12/09) — Cotton:  World Stocks Further Tighten as Demand Recovers While Production Stagnates (.pdf) — Early Surge in Brazil’s Soybean Exports Cannibalizes Late Season Sales (.pdf) — Shrinking Argentine Wheat Supplies Create Export Opportunities in South America — China Rice Production Increases for Sixth Straight Year (.pdf) — Kazakhstan:  Wheat Production Prospects — Livestock and Meat Trade Data (Economic Research Service) — Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data — World Rice Estimates and Impacts From India (USDA Radio News; 08/13/09 - real, mp3) — Value and Tonnage of Ag Exports Still Far Below Last Year (USDA Radio News; 08/13/09 - real, mp3)   Recession Hitting North American Ag Trade (USDA Radio News; 08/10/09 - wma, real, mp3)   U.S. Food Import Patterns, 1998-2007 (Economic Research Service; 08/06/09) Agricultural Development Success Story:  Conserving Crop Diversity and a Way of Life in Ecuador (08/03/09)   U.S. Statement on Panel Request by China / Poultry Imports  (07/31/09) Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Discusses Obama Administration's Commitment to Global Food Security at AGOA Forum in Kenya (08/05/09) — Secretary Vilsack at AGOA (USDA Radio News; 08/05/09 - wma, real, mp3) — AGOA Fact Sheet (July 2009) — More on USDA and AGOA AGOA 2009: Realizing the Potential Nine years after it became law, the African Growth and Opportunity Act continues to have a profound and positive impact on U.S.-sub-Saharan Africa trade and investment. New America.gov AGOA Web site provides comprehensive information via trade data, podcasts, articles, photos and more. (07/24/09) — Trade and Development When Exports Lack Diversification: A Case Study from Malawi (Economic Research Service, 07/30/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Cheddar Cheese to Africa and Middle East (08/17/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (08/17/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Anhydrous Milkfat to Asia and Eurasia (08/17/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Butter to Africa and Middle East (08/14/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Butter to Africa and Middle East (08/13/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (08/13/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Butter to Asia and Eurasia (08/12/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Butter to Africa and Middle East (08/12/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Asia and Eurasia (08/12/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (08/12/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Cheddar Cheese to Asia and Eurasia (08/11/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Cheddar Cheese to Africa and Middle East (08/10/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Asia and Eurasia (08/06/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Butter to Africa and Middle East (08/04/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Asia and Eurasia (07/30/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (07/29/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (07/24/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (07/23/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Asia and Eurasia (07/17/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (07/16/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bids for Nonfat Dry Milk to Africa and Middle East (07/15/09) — USDA Accepts DEIP Bid for Nonfat Dry Milk to Asia and Eurasia (07/14/09) — INVITATION FOR OFFERS FOR BUTTERFAT (pdf.; 07/28/09) — INVITATION FOR OFFERS FOR CHEESE (pdf.; 07/28/09) — INVITATION FOR OFFERS FOR NONFAT DRY MILK (pdf.; 07/13/09) — USDA Announces Initial 2009-2010 Allocations For Dairy Export Incentive Program (07/06/09) — More information about the program

Featured Reports
08/12/09  Kazakhstan:  Wheat Production Prospects
08/12/09  China Rice Production Increases for Sixth Straight Year (.pdf)
08/12/09  Early Surge in Brazil’s Soybean Exports Cannibalizes Late Season Sales (.pdf)
08/12/09  Shrinking Argentine Wheat Supplies Create Export Opportunities in South America (.pdf)
08/12/09  Cotton:  World Stocks Further Tighten as Demand Recovers While Production Stagnates (.pdf)
07/10/09  Fresh Tomato Trade is Growing (.pdf)
07/10/09  Argentina’s Role Shrinks in the World Wheat Export Market (.pdf)
07/10/09  China Rice Production Increases for Sixth Straight Year (.pdf)
07/10/09  Cotton:  U.S. Expands Share of China’s Shrinking Market (.pdf)
07/10/09  Soybean Stocks in China Surge, but Plunge in Exporting Countries (.pdf)
06/12/09  Brazil’s Biennial Downturn Lowers World Coffee Production for 2009/10 (.pdf)

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
08/21/09  Dairy: World Markets and Trade
08/18/09  Dairy Monthly Import Circular
08/17/09  Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
08/14/09  Almonds: World Markets and Trade
08/12/09  Cotton: World Markets and Trade
08/12/09  Grain: World Markets and Trade
08/12/09  Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
08/12/09  World Agricultural Production
07/30/09  U.S. Planting Seed Trade
07/28/09  Citrus:  World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
07/20/09  Dairy Monthly Import Circular
07/15/09  Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
07/10/09  Grain: World Markets and Trade
07/10/09  World Agricultural Production
07/01/09  U.S. Planting Seed Trade
06/16/09  Dairy Monthly Import Circular

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