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REACTION TO WTO RULING SWIFT AND SUPPORTIVE
SENATE
VOTES TO CONTINUE BEEF IMPORT BAN
WHAT'S
NEW @ COTTONSEED.COM
WEEKLY
COTTONSEED CRUSH
2004-05
NCPA TRADING RULES BOOK
COTTONSEED
PROCESSING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATABASE
US
COTTONSEED PRODUCTS EXPORT REPORT
AMENDMENTS
TO THE TRADING RULES
OIL
MILL OPERATORS SHORT COURSE
MOVING?
REACTION
TO WTO RULING SWIFT AND SUPPORTIVE
- The appellate body ruling of the World Trade Organization was certainly
disappointing news to the cotton industry, but response has been swift and
supportive from members of the Administration and Legislature who crafted
the Farm Bill language that the ruling essentially asserts is illegal.
Under Secretary of Agriculture JB Penn expressed disappointment with the
ruling and said "...the United States believes that negotiation, not
litigation, is the most effective way to address distortions in
agriculture. Lasting reform can be achieved only through multilateral
negotiations that address all global market distortions - market access,
export competition and domestic support.” Senate Appropriations
Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS), says that “Careful consideration
has been given in crafting of U.S. farm policy and it is still my belief
that the Farm Bill remains compliant within World Trade Organization
commitments.” A spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative said that
“We're interested in results, not litigation. Getting the results that
our farmers want is best achieved through ambitious global agriculture
reform, through ongoing multilateral trade negotiations which address
market access, export competition and domestic support, including for
cotton. We will study the report carefully and work closely with Congress
and our farm community on our next steps.” (Source:
NCC and USDA)
SENATE
VOTES TO CONTINUE BEEF IMPORT BAN - The Senate voted earlier
this week (S. J. Res. 4) to disapprove the Administration’s proposal to
resume the trade of Canadian beef and cattle under 30 months of age. Many
leading agricultural organizations had supported USDA’s
decision to reopen the border, citing a well-conceived plan and a
confidence in current animal and public health safeguards.
The action undermines the U.S. efforts to promote science-based
regulations, complicates U.S. negotiations to reopen foreign markets to
U.S. beef and would perpetuate the economic disruption of the beef and
cattle industry, according to USDA.
The Department also released a statement saying that USDA “...remains
confident that the requirements of the minimal-risk rule, in combination
with the animal and public health measures already in place in the United
States and Canada, provide the utmost protection to both U.S. consumers
and livestock. We (USDA) also remain fully confident in the underlying risk
assessment, developed in accordance with the OIE guidelines, which
determined Canada to be a minimal risk region.
Ag Secretary Mike Johanns promises to “work with the U.S. House
of Representatives to prevent passage of this resolution, which is
strongly opposed by the Bush Administration, and continue our aggressive
efforts to reopen international markets to U.S. beef.”
WHAT'S
NEW @ COTTONSEED.COM - Ing. Ricardo Silva, CCI/NCPA consultant in Mexico,
reports a new 20,000 head feed-lot in the state of Chihuahua could be a
boost for US cottonseed meal sales there.
More of his report is available in the Mexico
Consultant Reports
section of the Association’s web site.
To determine more about potential sales of cottonseed feed products
to Mexico, a group of NCPA
representatives will travel to Sinaloa and Chihuahua later this summer.
NCPA also will exhibit at the APEA-Expo in Leon, Mexico next week.
The expo is one of the largest feed industry expo’s in Mexico and
attracts thousands of visitors…..Exports of cottonseed meal are off to a
faster start this season (Oct-Dec period) than they have been in any of
the previous three seasons. The
latest export data for oil, meal, hulls and linters is available in the Statistics
section of the web site…..Annual meeting news and information is
available by following the Convention
link on the web page.
WEEKLY
COTTONSEED CRUSH - Weekly cottonseed crushings have been higher than their
five-year average for the past seven weekly reporting periods and for nine
of the past 12 weeks. The most
recent report, for the week ending March 6, put weekly cottonseed
crushings at 66,693 tons compared to its five-year average for a
comparable week of 58,780 tons. The
year-to-date total, based on weekly crushings, stands at 1.747 million
tons, compared to 1.612 million tons a year ago and 1.594 million tons two
years ago.
2004-05
NCPA TRADING RULES BOOK - Copies of the 2004-05 Trading Rules
book have been mailed to the membership.
For additional copies, please contact the NCPA office.
COTTONSEED
PROCESSING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATABASE - The 2005
Statistical Database of the U.S. Cottonseed Processing Industry will be
available soon from the NCPA. Electronic
copies will be available on the Association’s web site.
Printed copies will be available to member by request only.
US
COTTONSEED PRODUCTS EXPORT REPORT
AMENDMENTS
TO THE TRADING RULES - The Rules Committee of the NCPA will meet at the
Coronado Island Marriott Resort, San Diego, California, on Sunday morning,
May 15, 2005, to consider proposed amendments to the Trading
Rules. Proposals
approved by the Committee will be referred to the membership to be voted
on at the business session on Monday morning, May 16. The By-Laws provide
that proposed amendments, except those applicable to the methods of
chemical analysis contained in Chapter VII, must be submitted to the
Secretary at least 30 days prior to the convention.
Each proposal so submitted must include the full text of the entire
rule or section, as it is proposed to read after amendment.
Copies of all proposals received by the Secretary will be referred
to the Rules Committee for study and to all members for their information
and comment. If you wish to propose an amendment, please draft it in the
form described in the above paragraph and mail it so it will reach this
office no
later than Friday, April 15.
It is recommended that you accompany any proposal with a letter
giving the reasons for the change. All
members are welcome at the Rules Committee meeting and may join in the
discussion. If you propose an
amendment, it is especially desirable that you be present.
OIL
MILL OPERATORS SHORT COURSE - The 73rd Oil Mill Operators Short Course
takes place March 13-15 at the corporate headquarters of AGP in Omaha,
Nebraska, organized by the Food Protein R&D Center at Texas A&M
and the International Oil Mill Superintendent’s Association. The day and
a half course will cover a wide variety of topics associated
with oilseed processing plant operations. The goal is to
present the tools and information needed to improve operations by
increasing efficiency, and optimizing human and plant assets. Future
courses offered by the Food Protein Center include: October 2005 —
Practical Short Course on Vegetable Oil Processing; and November 6-10—
Practical Short Course on Vegetable Oil Extraction. For more details,
contact the Food Protein R&D Center, Texas A&M University,
telephone 979-845-2741, Fax 979-845-2744.
MOVING?
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Please send all change of address information to: National Cottonseed Products
Association, 104 Timber Creek Drive, Suite 200, Cordova, TN 38018, or email to info@cottonseed.com.
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