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By Kelly Stange, Agricultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy, San Jose, Costa Rica The Foreign Agricultural Service office in San Jose broke ground on our People’s Garden in Fall 2009. Ever since that day our embassy employees and their families, as well as...

By organizing and executing agricultural trade missions, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is helping U.S. exports thrive around the world. In 2011 alone, USDA led 57 U.S. agribusinesses on missions to Peru, Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia and...

By Deanna M.J. Ayala, Director, FAS Agricultural Trade Office, Moscow The Agricultural Trade Office in St. Petersburg, Russia joined U.S. cooperators and the U.S. Consulate to host the first-ever American pavilion at the St. Petersburg Christmas Fair...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Optional origin sales of 60,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year. An optional...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Nigeria during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 205,232 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2012/2013 marketing year. The marketing year for corn began Sept. 1. USDA...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2011–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is investing more than $8.5 million to help six organizations develop improved food aid products under the Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid Products Pilot Program...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 CHENGDU, China, November 21, 2011 - Today marked the conclusion of the 22nd session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Chengdu, China. U.S. Secretary of Commerce...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 124,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began Sept. 1...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 420,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began Sept. 1...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 16, 2011—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in approximately 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to...