Wheat and Rice and Food Security
Rice and wheat are food staples for most of the world and remain critical for food security, even though most of the public policy issues in agricultural trade ...
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World Wheat Supply-Demand Balance
China’s announcements that it may import up to 10 million metric ton (MMT) of wheat this year has stirred up what had been a quiet market for the last few month...
U.S. Sugar Policy and Carryover Stocks
Managing carryover stocks is a challenge for all agricultural commodities. Markets need to limit use through higher market prices when supplies are tight and t...
Indian Meat Production and World Meat Trade
A recent report by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of USDA states that for the second year in a row in 2013 India will be the world’s largest beef export...
Wheat, Weather and Trade Policy
Hot, dry weather in some major wheat exporting regions has caused world markets to react from fears of a short crop as occurred in 2010. According to the Forei...
Carryover Stocks Key to Understanding the World Cotton Market
India shook the global cotton trade in early March by suddenly shutting off additional registrations of cotton for exports and indicating that some cotton alrea...
Changes in the USDA Export Credit Guarantee Program
When USTR Ron Kirk and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in early April that the U.S. and Brazil had agreed to work toward a negotiated settlement over Brazi...
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
Some type of additional trade adjustment assistance will be part of any effort by the House and Senate to approve an extension of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA...