. >>> moultrie producers has their own challenge as a major producer cries foul. >>> the cotton industry may see a recovery after a tough couple of years. >> "u.s. farm report" brought to you by chevy and their award- winning cars, trucks and overs. welcome to u-s rm report...i'm >>> hello and wealth come to "u.s. farm report." i'm al pell in for john phipps. the start of a new year brings two challenges for american agriculture. disputes that are sure to have a significant and long-lasting impact on beef and moultrie producers nation-wide. we'll have more on that in a moment. later i'll sit down with our team of analysts to break down market action in this first week have the new year. let's get started first with the news and tricia sloma. >>> thanks al. taiwan kicks off the new year by resuming a ban on what it calls high-risk beef imports from the u.s. among other items the ban includes imports of cow organs and minutessed beef. in october they seemed to resolve their difference but they decided otherwise. reacting to the news they said this will undermine taiwan's credibility as a r

of the united states should say that we don't need our help guest: i think the approach should be moultrieateral and we should do more perplexing for a crisis. there will be another earthquake or some money someplace in the world. the united nations should have a command structure that is ready to go into place and work with a number of countries and they can provide different kinds of aid and assistance. that should be ready to go immediately and not debate who will be involved. host: next call is from portsmouth, rhode island. caller: our relationship with cuba seems to be so heavy handed. they are communists but there are avoidance of corporatism. we do business with china, the largest communist country in the world. that makes me wonder -- we do treat everyone different. a lot of it is for our own interest. it seems rather odd to me. hostguest: the embargo from junt is counter productive. it is the lifeline for the castro brothers. every time there's a problem in cuba, bacon said it is not because of democracy, they can say is because of the united states embargo. lifting the embargo s

of the united states should say that we don't need our help guest: i think the approach should be moultrie collateral and we should do more perplexing for a crisis. there will be another earthquake or some money someplace in the world. the united nations should have a command structure that is ready to go into place and work with a number of countries and they can provide different kinds of aid and assistance. that should be ready to go immediately and not debate who will be involved. host: next call is from portsmouth, rhode island. caller: our relationship with cuba seems to be so heavy handed. they are communists but there are avoidance of corporatism. we do business with china, the largest communist country in the world. that makes me wonder -- we do treat everyone different. a lot of it is for our own interest. it seems rather odd to me. hostguest: the embargo from junt is counter productive. it is the lifeline for the castro brothers. every time there's a problem in cuba, bacon said it is not because of democracy, they can say is because of the united states embargo. lifting the emba

of the united states should say that we don't need our help guest: i think the approach should be moultrie collateral and we should do more perplexing for a crisis. there will be another earthquake or some money someplace in the world. the united nations should have a command structure that is ready to go into place and work with a number of countries and they can provide different kinds of aid and assistance. that should be ready to go immediately and not debate who will be involved. host: next call is from portsmouth, rhode island. caller: our relationship with cuba seems to be so heavy handed. they are communists but there are avoidance of corporatism. we do business with china, the largest communist country in the world. that makes me wonder -- we do treat everyone different. a lot of it is for our own interest. it seems rather odd to me. hostguest: the guest: the embargo that the u.s. has had on cuba is counterproductive from the point of view of many of us. it really is the lifeline for the castro brothers. every time there's a problem in cuba, they can say it is not because we do no