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Coming in May. OEM Product Display Special Issue
Also to be distributed at the NTTC Annual Conference and Equipment Show in Baltimore, MD May 22-24

Mailed with our May issue will be our 2011 Product/Service Directory and Buyer’s Guide

Revolutions may affect
dairy sales

It almost goes without saying that revolution is not good for business. But what’s happening in Egypt, at least so far, is not revolution but a market disruption, according to most analysts.

“Egypt has been a buyer of cheese for years and years. It’s been a very good market for us,” said Tom Suber, president of the U.S. Dairy Export Corp. (USDEC). Year-to-date January through November 2010, Egypt imported $99 million worth of U.S. dairy products.

The Middle East and North Africa (which includes Egypt and Tunisia) have imported $319 million worth of U.S. dairy products, which is 108 percent of what they did in the same period in 2009. The entire region represents about 9 percent of U.S. dairy exports. Egypt alone represents roughly 3 percent of U.S. exports.

Disruption of the Egyptian market will also cause some problems for European and Oceania dairy exporters as well, who have long sold product into the North African nation. If it does, it could back up some amount of product globally.

A political disruption of markets generally mean those markets will stop buying out of fear that distribution to stores will be stopped or product confiscated by new political power brokers. But once the political situation calms down, orders usually return to normal.

“That’s what happened in Thailand after its recent political turmoil,” Suber said. “But keep in mind the Thailand experience

Governor wants to cut
state dairy inspectors
U.S., Mexico resolve
trucking issue

Michigan milk producers and consumers are unhappy with Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to save money by getting rid of the state’s dairy farm inspectors and turning the job over to the dairy industry.

Even industry representatives say it’s the government -- not them -- that should be doing the inspections.

The change, estimated to save taxpayers $600,000 a year, is among the recommendations in Snyder’s proposed budget, in which he seeks to erase a $1.4 billion deficit while funding a $1.8 billion business tax cut.

Magellan Midstream proceeds to next project phase of potential reversal and conversion of Houston-to-El Paso pipeline

TULSA, Okla.- Magellan Midstream
Partners, L.P. (NYSE:MMP - News)
announced that it is proceeding with
permitting and final engineering for
the potential reversal and conversion
of a portion of the partnership’s
Houston-to-El Paso pipeline to crude
oil service. The reversed pipeline
system would have a capacity of up
to 200,000 barrels per day. Recent
President Obama and President
Felipe Calderón of Mexico announced
in March that Mexico and the United
States found a path to resolve the
cross-border, long-haul trucking
dispute. The agreement will allow
for establishment of a “reciprocal,
phased-in program” that will
authorize both Mexican and U.S.
long-haul carriers to engage in cross-
border operations under the North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).

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