February 11, 2013USGC IMC & Member MeetingCharleston, SC

U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL Scott BrownPresidentNational Barley Growers Association

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Who We Are

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• Formed in 1989, the NBGA is a grassroots policy advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the national and international interests of US barley farmers.

• Member states include Idaho, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota,

Washington, Oregon and Maryland.

• The NBGA partners closely with maltsters, brewers and other industry stakeholders.

• The NBGA contracts with Gordley & Associates in Washington, DC to monitor and influence federal policy impacting the barley industry.

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U. S. Barley Acreage Trend Since 1987.(Barley decrease rate is 312,000 acres/year)

NBGA: Barley Acres

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NBGA Priorities

Pass a Five-Year Farm Bill

• Senate passed a new bill in June 2012; House committee passed its version in July 2012.

• The House ultimately failed to pass a bill through its chamber by the end of 2012.

• The “fiscal cliff” package passed on January 1, 2013 continued ‘08 farm programs thru Sept. 30, 2013 at an estimated cost of $3.97 trillion over 10 years to American taxpayers.

• House and Senate will have to start over in writing a new bill. One new important player…Senator Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi) is new Ranking Member of Senate Ag Committee, which will strengthen the priorities of southern commodities.

• No action to produce a new Farm Bill will occur until after Congress deals with major budgetary issues including: Sequestration, passing a Continuing Resolution, and increasing the ceiling of the federal debt.

• Additional factor is the impact of a reduced baseline of funding to write a Farm Bill.

• On Feb. 5, the Congressional Budget Office estimated a $16 billion reduction (over 10yrs) to the overall baseline of spending for Congress to write a Farm Bill.

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NBGA Priorities

Farm Bill Specifics:

• Maintain a robust, flexible federal crop insurance program.

• Support a safety net program that does not re-couple subsidy payments to current production. Doing so would distort production.

• Reduce needless, wasteful spending where appropriate to reduce the federal deficit.

• Reauthorize and fully fund the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program.

• Push to continue effective conservation programs that avoid duplication.

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NBGA Priorities

Other Top Issues:

Transportation• Increase railroad competition to provide competitive rail rates for shippers.• maintain our domestic river and port systems to move barley to market.• ensure that trucking regulations are not overly burdensome.

Research• push for an increased investment into federal barley research to combat a continued decline in

acres nationwide.• seek public/private partnerships that will expand the pool of resources available to tackle

production issues including drought, pests, and overall crop quality.

Environment• monitor congressional action related to climate change and its impact to production agriculture.• ensure that environmental regulation is sensible and least burdensome to barley farmers.

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NBGA: Exports

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12Mexico 7 41 45 87 37 33 55Saudi Arabia 50Canada 38 33 51 36 36 33 25Japan 0 4 26 3 0Other 0 21 9 2 0 0 0Total 3/ 46 99 132 129 73 66 130

Algeria 24 26Morocco 18 16 20 12 25China (Taiwan) 34 12 20 7 2 7 5Japan 179 289 518 123 28 11 2Other 305 40 215 10 20 69 4Total 3/ 560 342 770 159 50 99 62

Canada 14 20 16 16 14 25 14Mexico 13 9 12 15 5 3 11China (Taiwan) 0 0 0 2 6 3 3Japan 1 1 1 2 2 3 2Other 3 7 13 13 6 8 4Total 3/ 30 38 42 49 31 41 35

Date run: 1/15/2013

Table 23--U.S. barley and oats exports by selected destinations (1,000 metric tons)Export and country/region 1/Malting barley 2/

Other barley 4/

Oats

1/ Market year is June-May.2/ Grain for malting.3/ May not add due to rounding.4/ Grain for purposes other than malting, such as feed and seed use.Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Statistics.

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