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Contact: USDA Press Phone: (202) 720-4623 Email: press@oc.usda.gov WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2017 – U.S. agricultural exports totaled $140.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017, climbing nearly $10.9 billion from the previous year to the third-highest level...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2017—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 300,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2017/2018 marketing year; and Export sales...

Contact: USDA Press Phone: (202) 720-4623 Email: press@oc.usda.gov WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the government of South Korea has lifted its ban on imports of U.S. poultry and poultry...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20, 2017—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2016/2017 marketing year. The marketing year for corn began Sept. 1. USDA...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture cancellations of optional origin sales of 136,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2016/2017 marketing year. The marketing year for...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016–Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Optional origin sales of 332,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2016/2017 marketing year. An optional origin...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2016—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 198,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year; and Export sales of 276,000...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2016—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Optional origin sales of 136,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2016/2017 marketing year. An optional origin...

By Jonathan Cordone, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Within a two-month span in the spring of 2012, the United States entered into two free trade agreements (FTAs) of great importance to American agriculture – one...

Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Reopening of Korea Market to U.S. Poultry “Following extensive engagement with USDA’s technical experts, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has announced that U.S. poultry producers can...

Ten newest agricultural officers sworn into the Foreign Service, from left to right: Sean Cox, Mark Wallace, Abraham Inouye, Gene Kim, Kirsten Luxbacher, Neil Mikulski, Mary Rose Parrish, Amanda Hinkle, and Ben Rau Contact: FAS Public Affairs (202)...

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2016—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea. Of the total 69,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2015/2016 marketing year...