date:Dec 19, 2013
state of Arkansas.
USDAs efforts, resulting in the ban being lifted, are encouraging exporters to do business with Iraq, as is evidenced by the increase in U.S. poultry exports, up 31 percent in January 2013 September 2013, from the same period in 2012. Post anticipates that the poultry industry will see an annual growth rate of 25 percent over the next two years, benefitting U.S. producers and exporters in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, and Georgia. Feedback from importers