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What's New — March 2010

USTR Steps Up Enforcement Focus with First-Ever Reports on Agricultural, Technical Barriers to U.S. Exports (03/31/10)

21st-Century Agriculture
Humanity's longest struggle has been to feed itself. This
eJournal USA explores how 21st-century technical prowess and agricultural skill hold the key to feeding the growing populations of the future. Articles on the Borlaug legacy, the global marketplace, the World Food Prize and more (03/30/10)

Photographs of USDA PRT Work in Salah ad Din Province, Iraq (March 2010)

Partners in Agriculture Web Site Launched To Showcase Trade With Japan
— Vilsack to Travel to Japan April 5-9 (USDA Radio News; 03/31/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Flowering Cherry Trees – A Gift from Japan (.pdf; 03/30/10)
— Vilsack to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports While on Trip to Japan (03/16/10)
— Vilsack to Visit Japan in April (USDA Radio News; 03/16/10 - wma, real, mp3)

USDA Seeking Proposals to Provide Assistance to Haiti and Afghanistan Through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program (03/24/10)

Hybrid Seed Corn Quality Amazes Iraqi Farmers (In the American Seed Trade Association Newsletter 03/22/10)
— Rebuilding agriculture in Iraq

U.S. and China Agree on Reopening Chinese Pork Market to U.S. (03/19/10)
— The Importance of China As A U.S. Pork Market (USDA Radio News; 03/25/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— The Key to Reopening China to U.S. Pork Exports (USDA Radio News; 03/24/10 - wma, real, mp3)

United States and India Sign Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment (03/17/10)

USDA Employees Help to Rebuild Afghanistan
— USDA Employee Richard Whitten Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee William Rhodes Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Wilmer Snell Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Margaret Rhodes Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Kevin Kock Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Eric Imerman Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Thomas Green Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Anthony Gilbert Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Mohamed Ebeid Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee David Mull Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— USDA Employee Donna Mull Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (03/16/10)
— More about Agriculture in Afghanistan: Rebuilding for a Stable, Secure Country

President Obama Unveils the National Export Initiative (03/11/10)

FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports
— U.S. Corn Exports Lose Ground To Argentina (.pdf; 03/10/10)
— Cotton: Global Stocks Forecast to Fall from Recent Levels (.pdf; 03/10/10)
— South Africa Expects Bumper Corn Harvest during El Niño Drought Year (.pdf; 03/10/10)
— Growing Vegetable Oil Imports Reduces Soybean Crush in India (.pdf; 03/10/10)
— Ag Exports Ahead Of Last Year's Pace (USDA Radio News; 03/12/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Record Soybean Export Pace Continues (USDA Radio News; 03/11/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (03/11/10)

FAS Issues GSM-102 Announcements
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Turkey (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Sub-Saharan Africa Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Southeast Asia Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South Korea (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South Asia Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to South America Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Middle East and North Africa Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Mexico (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees For Export Sales to The Eurasia Region(03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to China, Hong Kong (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Central America Region (03/08/10)
— USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to Caribbean Region (03/08/10)

USTR Statement on Awards in Brazil Cotton Dispute (03/08/10)

Secretary Vilsack Outlines USDA Efforts to Revitalize Rural America and Increase Agricultural Exports (03/05/10)
— U.S. trade strategy (USDA Radio News; 03/05/10 - wma, real, mp3)

U.S. and Russia Agree on Reopening Russian Pork Market to U.S. (03/05/10)
— U.S. pork products to reenter the Russian marketplace (USDA Radio News; 03/05/10 - wma, real, mp3)

USDA’s Food for Progress Program Expected to Benefit More Than 3.4 Million People in Emerging Democracies This Year (03/02/10)
— Honduran Oil Palm Cooperative Doubles Capacity, Opens Plant With Food for Progress Program Help (.pdf; Feb. 2010)
— Ugandan Dairy Cooperatives Quadruple Sales and Create Jobs with Help from the Food for Progress Program (.pdf; Feb. 2010)
— More Success Stories

USDA Launches Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (03/01/10)
— Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers (USDA Radio News; 03/03/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— More on TAAF

Celebrating 25 Years of support of agricultural and food systems in developing nations
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gips at the Cochran and Borlaug alumni reception (02/25/10)

USDA's McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program Expected to Feed 5 Million Children This Year (02/26/10)
— International Food for Education Program Growing (USDA Radio News; 03/01/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— McGovern-Dole School Feeding Program in Senegal Supports School Garden and Nutrition Education (.pdf; March 2010)
— McGovern-Dole School Feeding Program in Bolivia Improves Children’s Health and Academic Performance (.pdf; Feb. 2010)
— More Success Stories

Featured Reports

03/25/10 Will Lots of Stocks Push Wheat Area Down?
03/10/10 U.S. Corn Exports Lose Ground To Argentina (.pdf)
03/10/10 Cotton: Global Stocks Forecast to Fall from Recent Levels (.pdf)
03/10/10 South Africa Expects Bumper Corn Harvest during El Niño Drought Year (.pdf)
03/10/10 Growing Vegetable Oil Imports Reduces Soybean Crush in India (.pdf)
02/23/10 Pistachios: 2009/10 Forecast Overview (.pdf)

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
03/18/10 Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
03/16/10 Dairy Monthly Import Circular
03/10/10 Grain: World Markets and Trade
03/10/10 Cotton: World Markets and Trade
03/10/10 World Agricultural Production
03/10/10 Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade
02/23/10 Tree Nuts/Pistachios: World Markets and Trade (.pdf)

2010 Release Dates

Export Regulations
In Detail

Federal Register Notices
03/11/10 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Accepting Petitions
03/11/10 Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products - Notice of Public Meeting
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

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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