China Talks Beef & Solar Energy Zones

China Talks Beef & Solar Energy Zones. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

China has agreed to resume talks on beef market access. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed his pleasure - with the progress made towards resolving our differences on beef access. US Trade Representative Ron Kirk says the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade is a key part of a growing economic relationship between the US and China.

KIRK: This is becoming one of the most dynamic economic trade relationships in the world and for the most part we are talking in the margins of a relationship that is growing  in which both of our economies can continue to grow and create new jobs by our ability to access one another’s markets. We have made very good progress, it is a reality of a mature and growing relationship

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu have announced a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed 'solar energy zones' on public lands in six western states most suitable for environmentally sound, utility-scale solar energy production. The detailed study, known as the Draft Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, is part of the Obama Administration's efforts to create a framework for developing renewable energy in the right way and in the right places.Now here’s today’s Washington Grange report.(Report)

That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.