Post by JoseSeattle Times - 26/10/2010
For the second year, Mexico is imposing tariffs on US agricultural and
other products because the US refuses to allow Mexican trucks to
travel in the US ...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2013256576_kate26.html?...
Given that there are lower than ever crop yields world-wide, the U.S.
will have no difficulty in finding markets for our crops elsewhere
than Mexico. The low yields for cotton in the U.S. are due in large
part to loss of farmland and shortages of water due to the tens of
millions of illegal aliens and their demands on our resources in
Arizona and elsewhere. Mexico's tariffs are just so much pissing in
the wind on the part of the Calderon so-called government.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/249211fc-ec1d-11df-9e11-00144feab49a.html#axzz14uFG4Sle
Please use the link to reference this article.
Food price fears as US warns on crop yields
By Gregory Meyer in New York, Jack Farchy in London and Javier Blas in
Geneva
Published: November 9 2010 17:00 | Last updated: November 9 2010 23:52
The spectre of inflation loomed over agricultural markets after the US
slashed key crop forecasts and warned of shortfalls in grains.
The agriculture department on Tuesday cut estimates of US corn yields
for a third successive month, forecast record soyabean exports to
China and warned of the slimmest cotton stocks since 1925.
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“The combined production shortfalls and dramatic potential stock
drawdowns mean a much tighter supply picture than just a few months
ago,” the agency said in a separate grains report.