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East ports want to dig deeper
Publication — The Sacramento Bee Author — By Curtis Tate Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.sacbee.com WASHINGTON – A wider, deeper Panama Canal will open in 2014, meaning that biggercargo ships filled with more containers ofconsumer goods can move directly to the population centers of the East Coast instead of stopping on the West Coast and sending [...]
India’s Grain Storage Comes Up Short
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Authors — By Biman Mukherji and Rajesh Roy Date — April 12, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com NEW DELHI-—As India prepares to harvest a record grain crop for the second year in a row, fears are rising that its state granaries won’t be able to handle the surplus and food [...]
Citizen Diplomacy: Agriculture Brings People Together
American farmers need China. We need access to Chinese markets so we can sell our crops to Chinese customers–something we’re now doing at record levels, in fact. And here’s the really good news: China needs us too. While politicians in Washington and on the campaign trail have made a sport of bashing Beijing, citizen diplomacy [...]
Iowa Stop to Show Plus Side of Chinese Trade
Wall Street Journal By Mark Peters and Scott Kilman February 15, 2012 online.wsj.com
From Pope to Pork Sales: Iowa Gets Excited Over Xi Visit
The Wall Street Journal February 7, 2012 A visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Iowa is only rivaled by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Pope John Paul II. That’s the opinion of Terry Branstad, the state’s governor. He talked about next week’s visit by Xi, the man expected to become China’s top leader, [...]
Africa: AU Wants to Double Intra-African Trade
allAfrica.com January 27, 2012 Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission wants to see intra-African trade double, from its current level of 10-12 per cent of the entire continent’s trade, to 20-25 per cent within the next decade. A document from the Commission, provided as background to this weekend’s heads of state summit, at which [...]
GM barley trial ‘success’
The Land (Australia) January 27, 2012 By Gregor Heard WA-BASED researchers have heralded the first year of genetically modified barley trials a success. The trials, held at Corrigin in the state’s central wheat belt, are looking at potential salt-tolerant varieties, and are being conducted by the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) ACPFG researcher [...]
Miss America Teresa Scanlan Continues Ag Advocacy
KTIC Radio (Nebraska) January 19, 2012 Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan has broke the mold. During her reign, she began advocating for agriculture by establishing partnerships with The Hand That Feeds Us, US Cattlemen’s Association and Real Farmers, Real Food among others….In the 90 years history of the Miss America, Teresa has taken the Miss [...]
Marry the TPP to the WTO
The Wall Street Journal November 13, 2011 By JAMES BACCHUS Original Source The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a tremendous opportunity to advance free trade, but getting it to the finish line will also be a challenge. The agreement could proceed more smoothly and accomplish more for the region and the world if it is placed within [...]
ND farmers push for constitutional right to farm
Boston Globe October 31, 2011 Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press Original Source Doyle Johannes has worked land near the Missouri River in central North Dakota for 35 years, raising everything from corn to cattle. He’s not about to let someone from outside the state’s borders tell him how to go about his business. Johannes and [...]
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