>> well i guess going to cargill's share gets to be a bit difficult, but if you look at the u.s. pork industry or the u.s. beef industry, we certainly have been the largest exporter around the globe. but as we have dealt with the congestion in the ports, also issues like currency and other forces in play in the market, we've seen a substantial increase just in the past year to countries: the eu chile and certainly in the last couple months have seen a substantial decline in our volumes. >> do you think that will be a permanent decline? will we be able to get that market back once these customers are used to having new trading partners? >> i think any time you disappoint a customer it takes time to build trust back. as i referred to in my testimony, there is a tremendous amount of potential for both beef and pork exports on the global scale. we have a product that the world is looking for in values. i certainly believe the growth potential remains, but there is no doubt that we've disappointed our customer base primarily japan, korea, and in china, over the last couple months, and

especially cargill. a biggest private company in the country. and we have worked extensively with them on those transportation issues. so thank you for being here. i'm very glad that we were able to pass the user fee increase from the river act, and i appreciated all the work that people who transport on the river did do get that bill done. as, you know, it was part of the able act. can you talk please about what the increased revenue will mean for upgrading locks and dams on our nation's inland waterway system. >> my area is in pork exports. i know cargill is very interested in building a strong infrastructure so that we can compete on the global scale. i'd be happy to get you written answer from our corporate affairs staff so that we can -- >> but you're glad that we passed the bill so you can get more infrastructure improvements. >> i am. >> okay. that was supposed to be an easy question. but that's okay. could you talk about how this works and why it is such a problem if you are able to get things out? as mr. daines points out we are states

he is the vice president of international sales of cargill. so welcome. >> thank you, chairman fisher and members of the committee, subcommittee, for inviting me to testify. trade maximizes the value of products u.s. farmers and ranchers produce and our employees process because we're able to sell them to the domestic and international markets where they have the most value. this creates the best opportunities for cargill, our customers, our farmer and rancher suppliers, our hard working employees, and the communities where we operate. ports are and integral part of a dependable supply clan.hain. let me outline the beef and pork supply chain i work with every day and detail challenges that occur when there are problems with product flow through the ports. cargill procures livestock from farmers and ranchers to be processed into fresh beef and pork in our plants located predominantly in nebraska kansas, texas, iowa, pennsylvania illinois, collorado and california. customers from around the world rely on fresh beef and pork to sell in homes, res

>> going to cargill share gets to be a bit difficult. if you look at the u.s. pork industry or the u.s. beef industry, we certainly have been the largest exporter around the globe. as we have dealt with the congestion in the ports, also issues like currency and other forces in play in the market we have seen a substantial increase just in the past year to countries, the eu chile and i think in the last couple of months have seen a substantial decline in our volumes. >> do you think that will be a permanent decline? will we be able to get that market back once these customers are used to having new trading partners? >> i think any time you disappoint a customer it takes time to build trust back. as i referred to in my testimony there's a tremendous amount of potential for both beef and pork exports on the global scale. we have a product that the world is looking for in values. i certainly believe that growth potential remains but there is no doubt that we've disappointed our customer base primarily japan, korea and in china over the last couple of months. that w

senate commerce subcommittee heard loud and clear that @ slowdown is becoming unbearable, says food cargill, a major exporter of fruits, vegetables, and meats. >> when ports don't operate, the supply chain backs up, causing long-term problems for us, our industry, our farmer and rancher suppliers, our customers and employees. >> rail giant, bnsf services, west coast ports. >> we would be moving somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 trains off of our docks in southern california. that number has been reduced to 30 trains per week. >> in a letter to the liwu, california senators feinstein and boxer said the ramifications of the slowdown are hurting the california economy and our households, small businesses, and communities. this is unacceptable. the senators continues, this is a grave concern as it could potentially undermine long-term demand for american products. now while the slowdown has become a major issue for u.s. farmers who export, it's now becoming a major issue for u.s. consumers who import a lot of their parishables. >> now we are seeing some severe shortages. we are seeing quality

go down and do the story so i went to cargill and stayed two or three days and wrote this piece and it came out about three days after i started my internship and two days before i met my wife, sonya. it was an eventful week. and corey dean would say why don't you write about your internship? i said okay. it turned out to be a great indication, because in an internship everything is new. as you go on in medicine you get jaded. you see things and you start questioning but when you are and in turn everything is new is rubles a year end up with i don't give a hoot what i write. i am going to write about what i see and the things that interest me and the things i am going to question. i remember one of my early pieces as an intern, there was a fellow in hospital and who was having difficulty swallowing and when he would swallow food would go into his lungs. everyone was getting ready to put in the feeding tube into his stomach. the thing was he kept saying i don't want the feeding tube but no one was listening to him. i was on the team and whenever i would bring it up people would say what

go down and do the story so i went to cargill and stayed two or three days and wrote this piece and it came out about three days after i started my internship and two days before i met my wife, sonya. it was an eventful week. and corey dean would say why don't you write about your internship? i said okay. it turned out to be a great indication, because in an internship everything is new. as you go on in medicine you get jaded. you see things and you start questioning but when you are and in turn everything is new is rubles a year end up with i don't give a hoot what i write. i am going to write about what i see and the things that interest me and the things i am going to question. i remember one of my early pieces as an intern, there was a fellow in hospital and who was having difficulty swallowing and when he would swallow food would go into his lungs. everyone was getting ready to put in the feeding tube into his stomach. the thing was he kept saying i don't want the feeding tube but no one was listening to him. i was on the team and whenever i would bring it up people would say what

it is done for the sake of pollution it's the big folks it's chevron, exxonmobil, dow chemical and cargillin damages against governments. former member of the w.t.o.'s appellate body said in 2002 the w.t.o. agreements allow member nations to challenge almost any measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enacted by any other member. so the war on the environment continues through this mechanism. in march 2013, more than a third of the disputes pending before the world bank's investment dispute settlement tribunal were related to oil mining or gas. guess what they want. the public health around the world is suffering because of this. in africa, the tobacco industry has bought these types of claims against the governors of gabon togo and uganda. they probably add up to about a hundred billion dollars in all g.d.p. all four countries which is a quarter of the revenues of big tobacco worldwide. so this is a question of pure, raw, economic power by massive corporate interests being used to make governments knuckle under on public health issues like tobacco. that's just wrong. and it can displac

go down and do the story so i went to cargill and stayed two or three days and wrote this piece and it came out about three days after i started my internship and two days before i met my wife, sonya. it was an eventful week. and corey dean would say why don't you write about your internship? i said okay. it turned out to be a great indication, because in an internship everything is new. as you go on in medicine you get jaded. you see things and you start questioning but when you are and in turn everything is new is rubles a year end up with i don't give a hoot what i write. i am going to write about what i see and the things that interest me and the things i am going to question. i remember one of my early pieces as an intern, there was a fellow in hospital and who was having difficulty swallowing and when he would swallow food would go into his lungs. everyone was getting ready to put in the feeding tube into his stomach. the thing was he kept saying i don't want the feeding tube but no one was listening to him. i was on the team and whenever i would bring it up people would say what