1.   A lower dollar makes U.S. exports, including grains, less expensive overseas.

2.   But the package of Chinese retaliatory trade sanctions did not include grains.

3.   The revenue advance was led by five business groups including grain, forest products, coal and industrial products.

4.   The total subsidies for many farming sectors, including grain, have been declining sharply in recent years.

5.   Washington has already donated substantial food supplies, including grain, to the famine-stricken North.

6.   A package of retaliatory trade sanctions announced by China did not include grains.

7.   Welfare groups also want regulations requiring farmers to provide calves with a balanced diet including grains.