Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Experts: US grain exports to Japan likely to slow

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The U.S. will likely send less food to Japan in the coming weeks as damage from Friday's earthquake and tsunami makes shipping to some areas difficult and demand drops while people focus on burying the dead and other emergency work, agriculture experts said.

It's unclear what Japan will need from America's bread basket in the longer term. The island nation with the world's third-largest economy is typically a top buyer of U.S. grains and meats. It buys more corn than any other country - nearly 600 million bushels last year to process into livestock feed - and is a top export market for soybeans, pork and California rice.

 
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