Donations were coordinated through the AFB Foundation for Agriculture and distributed through charitable organizations in both affected states. The temporary approval comes in response to a petition by the Federal Cartridge Company, which submitted the results of preliminary toxicity tests to the Service for review. Average production this spring exceeded 82,000 barrels per day, which would project to be 1.25 billion gallons per year. Ethanol output started climbing this summer with an average production of 86,000 barrels per day. Higher grain prices and low oil costs caused ethanol production to dip in 1996.
Japan is the largest export market for the U.S. pork industry, followed by Mexico and Canada.
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, U.S. pork exports to Canada have increased and U.S. pork exports to Mexico have significantly increased market share, despite the devaluation of the peso. Thus, agricultural trade results in a huge surplus for the United States. And according to USDA, U.S. exports in 1997 are forecasted to increase by as much as 35 percent from 1996 levels. British advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty today said Monsanto Co , a U.S. chemicals firm, has hired it to persuade British consumers to accept genetically modified foods. Monsanto's products include a genetically modified soybean.