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Contact: Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs, (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, June 12, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2016 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas (TRQ), and an increase in the...

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 – Leaders from six state agriculture departments and 19 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Michael T. Scuse on a mission to the Dominican Republic and...

Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Amman, JORDAN, May 10, 2015 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jordan Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury today signed an agreement to...

Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, April 29, 2015—Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Honduras Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Jacobo Paz today signed an agreement to support agricultural...

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Introduction of Legislation to Support Trade Promotion Authority

Contact: FAS Public Affairs (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, April 7, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2016 funding for five export market...

Contact: FAS Public Affairs (202) 720-3448 WASHINGTON, April 3, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), is...

Contact: Benjamin Chan, (202) 720-8877 WASHINGTON, March 20, 2015 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is extending the deadline for receiving applications for payments under the Agriculture Wool Apparel...

Contact: Benjamin Chan, (202) 720-8877 WASHINGTON, March 9, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule with a request for public comment on the Pima Agriculture Cotton and Wool Apparel Manufacturers Funds...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2015 – Leaders from six state agriculture departments and 21 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Michael Scuse on a trade mission to Southeast Asia from March...

Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service is still accepting proposals for three of its export market development programs. Applications for the...

Bipartisan Group of Former Agriculture Secretaries Urges Congress to Pass Trade Promotion Authority