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White House: Approve free-trade deals
The White House urged Congress Tuesday to quickly approve free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, after a deal was struck with lawmakers to restore benefits for job losses related to trade.
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Commodities market impact weather: Favorable heat for Midwest
Favorable Midwest heat, light Northern Plains rainfall, a variable Delta and Southeast trend, dry and hot for wheat harvest, additional West Texas heat, mixed trends in the Canadian Prairies, a hotter trend in northern China, periods of rain in central China, hotter and drier in western Europe, rainy and cool in Ukraine and Russia, and an mixed monsoon rain pattern in India are the main weather items for the commodity trade's attention.
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Brazil will ignore environmentalists to feed the world
Brazil is preparing to feed the world as the population rapidly rises around the globe in the next 30 years. Environmental activists better not get in the way of advancement in farming and ranching, or they might not live to protest another day.
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NCGA Testifies in Support of Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Garry Niemeyer, testified before the House Agriculture Committee during a hearing to review the pending Trade Promotion Agreement with Panama. The hearing focused on the impact and advantages that agreement would have for the United States.
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Brazil faces challenges in courting China
By Marlys Miller, Editor
All exporting countries want a piece of China’s market, particularly those with agricultural goods since the Asian kingpin has the world’s largest population to feed. China is an active buyer in Brazil’s agricultural markets, but all is not smooth sailing.
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Pork exports set record high in March
According to the May issue of the USDA's Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report, March pork exports were almost 491 million pounds, the highest quantity of U.S. pork products ever exported in one month. March exports were almost 33 percent higher than a year earlier, with the five largest destination countries being Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Canada, and China. First-quarter U.S. pork exports were more than 1.24 billion pounds, 19.2 percent larger than in the same period last year. A listing of the 10 largest foreign destinations for exported U.S. pork products follows.
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Will U.S. ports be ready for record-size cargo ships?
The pending expansion of the Panama Canal holds significant implications for U.S. soybean farmers, who depend on U.S. ports to export their harvested beans around the world, said Phil Bradshaw, a United Soybean Board (USB) past chairman and soybean farmer from Griggsville, Ill.
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Upgrading U.S. transportation and Panama Canal targeted
Soybean growers want Congress to help finance Panama canal upgrade and U.S. transportation infrastructure.
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U.S. pork thriving in Central America (audio)
Central America is one of the fastest growing regions for U.S. pork exports. In 2010, exports climbed almost 50 percent in value to $93 million, and they are up by another 15 percent so far this year.
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Grains Council praises upcoming Colombia FTA
The U.S. Grains Council commends the Administration’s move forward on technical discussions with Congress on the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement draft implementing bill and draft Statement of Administrative Action. Today’s announcement will establish a pathway for formal consideration of all three pending trade agreements, including South Korea and Panama.
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Brazil unlocks door to Chinese pork market
The doors to China’s pork market will soon be opened for the first time to Brazilian producers. Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture announced the authorization from Chinese officials following the approval of three local pork processors.
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