Butts Becomes Chairman of NCC; Lovette and Helgeson Are Also Leaders

On October 7, 2011, in NCC News

Lampkin Butts, president and chief operating officer of Sanderson Farms, Laurel, Mississippi, took over this week as Chairman of the National Chicken Council, the trade association for the chicken production and processing industry.

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Newly Elected Members of NCC Board and Executive Committee Are Announced

On October 7, 2011, in NCC News

Newly elected members of the National Chicken Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors were announced at the trade association’s Annual Conference in Washington this week.

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Rep. Goodlatte Introduces Ethanol Legislation

On October 7, 2011, in Ethanol, Legislative

Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced two measures this week concerning eliminating and reducing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for ethanol.

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Congress Could Pass Three Free Trade Agreements Next Week

On October 7, 2011, in Free Trade Agreements, Legislative

After four years of languishing, the three pending free trade agreements (Korea, Colombia, and Panama) could be approved by Congress as early as next week, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and White House Chief of Staff William Daley.

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NCC Joins Other Agriculture Groups in Request to Super Committee for Moratorium on Discretionary Regulatory Actions

On October 7, 2011, in Legislative

The National Chicken Council, along with broad coalition of 78 food and agriculture associations, sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees requesting that as part of the committee’s recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, “you include a two-year moratorium on all discretionary, non-essential regulatory actions that would increase the cost of food and agriculture production and processing.”

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Russia Agrees to Spending Limit on Subsidies for its Agriculture

On October 7, 2011, in International News, International Trade

Russia has agreed to phase down its farm subsidies according to a draft report on  the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations with Russia, described by officials to BNA.

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USTR Kirk Optimistic about Russia’s WTO Accession

On October 7, 2011, in International Trade

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk expressed a positive tone on Russia’s World Trade Organization (WTO) membership prospects this week following a meeting in Washington with Russia to meet its objective of concluding the WTO negotiations by the end of the year.

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Secretary Vilsack Urged to Give “Highest Priority” to Chinese Cooked Chicken Issue

On October 7, 2011, in International Trade

Eight poultry and meat organizations sent a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack  yesterday requesting that USDA “give the highest priority to completing the review as soon as possible” for determining the status of Chinese plants seeking approval to  export cooked poultry to the United States.

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Chinese Broiler Consumption in 2012 Expected to be Ten Kilograms per Person, Unchanged from 2011

On October 7, 2011, in International Trade

Broiler consumption in China next year is forecast to be 10 kilograms per person on average, unchanged from this year, but up one kilogram from 2010, according to the latest poultry GAIN report from the Beijing office of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

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Brazilian Broiler Exports to Increase Five Percent in 2012

On October 7, 2011, in International Trade

Brazilian broiler exports are forecast to increase by 5 percent in 2012 to a record level of 3.550 million metric tons, according to USDA’s FAS GAIN report on poultry from Brasilia.

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