Computer network can help LINCOLN, Neb., A joint pilot puter network was put into computer project of the U.S operation last week by the Department of Agriculture and the' university-sponsored system Adversity of Nebraska could lend called AGNET in cooperation with extra punch to U.S. export ex- USDA’s Foreign Agricultural pansion efforts, particularly foi Service, which provides the trade value-added products, Secretary ot leads. Agriculture John R. Block said last AGNET is an information week. delivery network designed to be Block said the pilot project in which foreign agricultural trade leads are sent to U.S. suppliers on a University of Nebraska com WESTFALIA . 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Introduces: • Higher butterfat content in the milk • Better physical condition of the cows • Cow calendar Model F-26 Model L SALES ENGINEER ROBERTE TURNER RD #l, Box 11 Aspers, PA 17304 717-677-9301 NATIONAL HEADQUAKTEAS USDA export drive “Time can be crucial in the highly-competitive agricultural export business,” Block said. “This new system could permit same-day response by American companies to requests for agricultural products made by foreign importers to U.S. agricultural attaches and coun selors throughout the world. “The link with AGNET adds a new dimension to the highly successful FAS Trade Opportunity Referral Service, or TORS,” Block said. “For 10 years foreign trade leads have been cabled to TORS by our attaches and sent to the ap propriate suppliers by com puterized mail. Mailing takes time up to six days for some California exporters but even with the delay, it has proven ef fective. We were able to credit more than $l5O million worth of new export business last year directly to TORS contacts. “The new system, in which FAS computers can put trade leads into AGNET immediately after they are received, should provide the opportunity for a substantial in crease m this business. Block said the TORS mailing list of trade leads would be continued to companies that want them, along with the weekly listing of trade leads in USDA’s “Export Briefs” report. He credited state departments ol agriculture with helping to build the TORS list of U.S. agricultural suppliers from a few hundred at LEAVING OUR MARKS ON FOUR CONTINENTS Farmers in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada and the U.S.A. trust the ADJA Silver Marker to improve the accuracy and economy of their field spraying operations. User after user has expressed complete satisfac tion with the Silver Marker equipment and the bright, long-lasting Silver Marker Concentrate. 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He said foreign requests for U.S. products through the system average more than 55 per week. “Most requests are for value added products,” Block said. ‘ ‘ These are processed food items canned fruits, vegetables, meats, literally hundreds of food items that create jobs as they are transformed from raw materials off the farm into consumer-ready products.” Block said U.S. exports of these products totaled between $l2 billion and $l3 billion last year and USDA is making a concerted effort to expand this segment of U.S. agricultural trade. “Bulk commodities grams, soybeans and cotton-will continue to be our export mainstay,” he said, “but the United States has the most advanced food technology in the world, and we should take advantage of that in the world market.” He said the trade lead project is another step in the USDA drive to improve its global information gathering, analysis and tran smission system in support of export expansion. Block said work is underway, using State Depart ment satellite telecom munications, to link all overseas agricultural attache posts with Washington by computer. The pilot trade lead project with AGNET will run for 90 days, after which a decision will be made on whether to make it permanent, Block said.
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