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What's New — February 2010

USDA's McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program Expected to Feed 5 Million Children This Year (02/26/10)
— McGovern-Dole School Feeding Program in Senegal Supports School Garden and Nutrition Education (.pdf; Feb. 2010)
— McGovern-Dole School Feeding Program in Bolivia Improves Children’s Health and Academic Performance (.pdf; Feb. 2010)
— More Success Stories

India and China: Divergent Markets for U.S. Agricultural Exports (.pdf; 02/24/10)

FY2010 Agricultural Exports Expected to Rise to $100 Billion; Second Highest on Record
— New Export Forecast Signals Improvement (USDA Radio News; 02/18/10; .mp3)
— Full Report (.pdf; 02/18/10)
— FAS Analysis

U.S. Agricultural Trade Negotiations
— Kirk: Resolve Ag Trade Deals in a Timely Fashion (USDA Radio News - 02/18/10; .mp3)
— Potential of Trans-Pacific Partnership Explained (USDA Radio News - 02/18/10; .mp3)

FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports
— Agricultural Trade Multipliers (02/17/10)
— Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (02/16/10)
— Pistachios: 2009/10 Forecast Overview (.pdf)
— Argentina: Timely Rain Improves Conditions for Corn Crop (.pdf; 02/11/10)
— Barley: A Decade of Change & Export Redistribution (.pdf; 02/11/10)
— Cotton: Global Use and Trade Growth Dominated By A Few Countries (.pdf; 02/11/10)
— U.S. Soybean Prices Fall as Buyers’ Focus Turns to South America (.pdf; 02/11/10)

USDA Scientists Sequence Genome of Grass That Can Be a Biofuel Model Crop (02/10/10)

USDA to Release New Long-Term Agricultural Projections (02/04/10)

Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy, Job Creation (02/03/10)

Rebuilding agriculture in Afghanistan
— U.S. Efforts to Support Afghanistan’s Agriculture Sector (USDA Radio News; 02/03/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Afghan Farmers Move to Produce Legitimate Crops (USDA Radio News; 02/03/10 - wma, real, mp3)

A Green Miracle in Iraq (.pdf; January 2010)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Millions to Promote U.S. Food and Agricultural Exports
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the allocation of $234.5 million to 70 U.S. trade organizations to help promote American food and agricultural products overseas allocated under the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Cooperator Program. (01/26/10)
— Find out more about the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Cooperator Program.
— Find out more about the Market Access Program (MAP)

Partners in Agriculture Web Site Launched To Showcase Trade With Japan
Celebration of more than 50 years of trade partnerships begins in March.

Relief and Assistance for Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti, January 2010

Featured Reports
02/23/10 Pistachios: 2009/10 Forecast Overview (.pdf)
02/11/10 Argentina: Timely Rain Improves Conditions for Corn Crop (.pdf)
02/11/10 Barley: A Decade of Change & Export Redistribution (.pdf)
02/11/10 Cotton: Global Use and Trade Growth Dominated By A Few Countries (.pdf)
02/11/10 U.S. Soybean Prices Fall as Buyers’ Focus Turns to South America (.pdf)
01/28/10 Global Orange Production Nearly Unchanged While Trade Grows (.pdf)

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
02/23/10 Tree Nuts/Pistachios: World Markets & Trade (.pdf)
02/19/10 Dairy Monthly Import Circular
02/19/10 Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
02/11/10 Cotton: World Markets and Trade
02/11/10 Grain: World Markets and Trade
02/11/10 Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
02/11/10 World Agricultural Production
01/28/10 Citrus: Word Markets & Trade (.pdf)

2010 Release Dates

Export Regulations
In Detail

Federal Register Notices
03/01/10 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Interim rule
02/08/10 Extension of a currently approved information collection - entry of raw cane sugar under the tariff- rate quota (TRQ) into the United States
11/30/09 Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
11/16/09 Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection - P.L. 480, Title I - Financing and Recordkeeping Program
11/04/09 Notice of a Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection (Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 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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