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Contact: Amy Slusher, 202.720.0775, Amy.Slusher@fas.usda.gov WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced a new fee structure and pending new guarantee fee rates to be charged for...

The Foreign Agricultural Service will hold a public meeting to discuss the fiscal year 2015 application process for the Food for Progress Program and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program . Wednesday, November...

Photo: Bev Flaten, of JM Grain, shows Tom Vajda, the U.S. Consul General for Mumbai, products she is showcasing at the Annapoorna World of Food India trade show. Adam Branson, Senior Attaché, Office of Agricultural Affairs, Mumbai, India Breaking...

Photo: Agricultural attachés from around the world explore a cranberry marsh in Warrens, Wisconsin. Phil Karsting, Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Wisconsin is known worldwide for its cheese, but what about its cranberries, ginseng, urban...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2015 Food for Progress Program, which helps developing countries and emerging democracies modernize and strengthen their agricultural sectors. U.S. agricultural commodities...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2015 McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which helps support education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries...

USDA-USAID FY 2013 Food Assistance Report

China’s growing middle class and rising demand for high-quality food products have led to a boom in the country’s dairy sector. With the help of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Cochran Fellowship Program, U.S. alfalfa hay producers...

United States and Brazil Reach Agreement to End WTO Cotton Dispute (USTR)

PHOTO (above): Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden meets with Ethiopian farm owner Yetemwork Tilahun, who has built a successful dairy operation with the support of USDA’s Food for Progress Program. By Michael Francom, Agricultural Counselor...

USDA Announces First Quarter Sugar Feedstock Flexibility Program Expectations and Sugar Tariff Rate Quotas for Fiscal Year 2015 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today allocated additional fiscal year 2014 funds for the Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102). For additional information, please contact the FAS Credit Programs Division...