As David McGuffin reports, the U.S. government and private sector are being asked to help out. America's poultry industry then is likely one of the country's many food exporters, closely following talks between a Russian government team and the USDA in Washington. The two sides are discussing the use of an American direct credit program that would see U.S. food surpluses sent to Russia to see it through the long hard winter ahead. This could be a boon for grain exporters as well, who may be asked to help supplement Russia's worst grain harvest in forty years. The economic crisis has left most store shelves in the country bare.
Experts say widespread malnutrition is likely unless food aid is sent.
The European Union has already promised to help out. And American exporters are likely to want to join in, too. In Moscow, I'm David McGuffin for Marketplace. And that's the top of our news for Tuesday, October 13th. Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 63 points.