Japan buying spree boosts 1981 US farm exports
Washington AP reports Japan, long the US farmers’ top foreign market, is poised for another record buying spree in 1981. Dudley Williams, US Agricultural Counselor in Tokyo, says exports may total nearly 7 billion dollars, up from 6.1 billion in 1980, with gains in feed grains soybeans and broader commodities. Competition from Australia Canada Denmark and others intensifies as US marketers push trade missions in Japan.