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Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2015—Leaders from five state departments of agriculture and 26 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden on a mission to sub...
CONTACT: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement regarding the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. "The release of the text of the...
CONTACT: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement following the successful conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: "An agreement...
Contact: Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden will lead a trade mission to Accra, Ghana, Nov. 17-20, to expand...
Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that six agricultural development projects supported through the Food for Progress...
Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division, (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, August 10, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that seven school feeding projects, to be supported by the McGovern-Dole...
Contact: Abdelsalam El-Farra, FAS Office of Trade Programs, (202) 720–9439 WASHINGTON, July 27, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced changes to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Program, effective Sept. 1, 2015...
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making a $1 million initial investment to support three Centers of Excellence with the Council of 1890 Colleges, building and strengthening USDA’s...
Contact: Sam Jones-Ellard, Agricultural Marketing Service, (202) 660-2268, samuel.jones@ams.usda.gov WASHINGTON, July 9, 2015 – The United States and Switzerland announced today that beginning July 10, 2015, organic products certified in the United...
Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, June 30, 2015 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced the appointment of 129 private-sector members...
The United States Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil today issued the following joint statement: The United States and Brazil are very cognizant of the fact that global food production must...
Contact: Amy Slusher (202) 720-6211 WASHINGTON, June 15, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today invited public comment on proposed changes to the Facility Guarantee Program that would expand program coverage and streamline the...