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An important shift: U.S. cattle imports from Mexico and Canada
The supply side of the supply-demand economic environment will continue to support cattle prices. U.S. calf crops have been shrinking in recent years; the 2012 crop is likely 800,000 to 850,000 smaller than 2011’s. And the 2013 calf crop will be even smaller. Besides the smaller calf crop, in the next few years two additional factors will contribute to lower-trending U.S. cattle slaughter: 1) smaller cattle imports; 2) increased hold-back of U.S. heifers and cows for breeding herds. The discussion below focuses on why U.S. cattle imports are expected to drop.
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EU trade chief calls on Mexico to reopen trade pact with Europe
Europe and Mexico need to go back to the negotiating table to rework their 12-year-old free-trade agreement to include services and agriculture, the European Union's top trade official said on Monday.
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U.S. Bush-era trade deal with Panama goes into force
A U.S. free-trade agreement with Panama went into force on Wednesday, five years after it was originally negotiated, opening the way for increased U.S. exports as the Central American country continues its canal expansion project.
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CME: Feeder cattle supplies tighter with fewer imports
Feeder cattle imports from Canada and Mexico make up a notable portion of the US feeder cattle supply, especially along the Northern and Southern border areas.
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Mexico looks beyond the United States for corn imports
Mexico's 270,000-tonne purchase of non-U.S. corn announced this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may signal the start of a trend away from its traditional near-total dependence on American producers, market watchers said.
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NCBA discusses the implementation of the US-Panama FTA
NCBA's Associate Director of Legislative Affairs, Kent Bacus speaks to us about the implementation of the US-Panama Free Trade Agreement.
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Analysis: Prices drive soy farming into Brazil cattle country
Farmers like Endrigo Dalcin are so keen to plant Brazil's biggest-ever soybean crop that they are tearing down the fences around once-sacred territory: pastures that feed the world's largest commercial cattle herd.
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Vilsack responds to U.S.-Panama trade agreement
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the U.S. - Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.
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CME: Measuring the impact of cattle, hog imports on U.S. supplies
Part of the annual balance sheets for cattle and hogs, basically an accounting of the expected supply and use for livestock, is the number of animals that flow in/out via trade.
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Argentina strikes back at U.S. in WTO beef row
Argentina has lodged a dispute against U.S. restrictions on imports of Argentinian beef and other meat products, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.
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U.S. defends restrictions on Argentine beef
The United States on Wednesday defended restrictions on imports of beef from Argentina after the South American country said it planned to challenge the measures at the World Trade Organization.
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