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Contact: press@fas.usda.gov or (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2018 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Guatemala Feb. 26-March 2, accompanied by a...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 115,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 106,000...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 130,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales...

Thanks to USDA’s Borlaug Fellowship Program , an African researcher is in the United States acquiring knowledge that will help protect farmers’ livelihoods and improve food security on his home continent. Kwame Ogero, a research associate at the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 116,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 28,000...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 123,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year. The marketing year for corn began Sept. 1...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that approved Turkish banks under the Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) are now approved to transact business in Israel. This is in addition to their...

WASHINGTON, Feb 12, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity: Cancellations of export sales of 455,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export...

Research has shown that female students are less than half as likely to graduate with a degree in a science-related field as their male counterparts. To increase awareness and help reverse this trend, countries around the world will observe the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 105,000...

WASHINGTON, Feb 5, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 130,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales of 198,600...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2018—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 195,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales...