Washington DC -May 5- U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar says U.S. taxpayers should not be paying Brazilian cotton producers $150 million a year because the same U.S. taxpayers are also paying subsidies to U.S. cotton farmers.

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Washington DC - April 12 - The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) says a negotiated settlement with Brazil over the cotton dispute compromises the U.S. cattle industry and risks the introduction of animal disease into the U.S.

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Washington DC - April 9 - The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report provides USDA’s comprehensive forecasts of supply and demand for major U.S. and global crops and U.S. livestock.

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Washington DC - April 7 - United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the United States and Brazil have agreed upon a path toward a negotiated settlement with Brazil over the Cotton dispute.

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Washington DC - March 10 - Corn harvested area declined 10,000 acres in Michigan, but was unchanged in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Corn production in the U.S. is estimated at 13.1 billion bushels, down fractionally from previous estimates.

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Washington DC - March 9 - Brazil announced it is moving forward on retaliation for injuries due to the U.S. cotton program and the export credit guarantee program. The retaliation list totals 102 products including both agricultural and industrial goods.

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Washington DC - February 8 - U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 10.1 million acres of cotton this spring, up more than 10 percent from 2009, according to the National Cotton Council’s 27th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey.

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Washington DC - September 2 - Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation Voiced his dissapointment in the WTO’s decision regarding awards in Brazilian cotton dispute.

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Washington - May 22 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that after a thorough review of scientific evidence it will deregulate the genetically engineered cotton line GHB614.

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Washington DC -November 12- Corn and soybean producers will likely have to wait until the first of the new year for any rally in prices while cotton producers may continue to struggle with low prices, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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SOURCE: American Farm Bureau Federation

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Washington DC -August 12- Despite June’s severe flooding in the Midwest, U.S. farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Washington DC -July 7- America’s farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments beginning today.

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Washington DC -May 13- Tight supplies and strong demand mean prices for corn and soybeans are likely to remain high for the foreseeable future, according to American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economic analysis of two recent government reports.

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Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.

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Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »