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USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney talked to reporters March 12 about his recent trip to Japan, where he discussed trade policy priorities with Japanese officials and promoted U.S. food and farm products at...

By Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is leading a USDA trade mission to Central America this week, making it a good time to review where we stand...

Agricultural Attaché Paul Welcher (right) had the difficult task of selecting the “Best American Burger” in Pattaya, Thailand, this spring during an FAS-sponsored competition promoting U.S. food products. It’s grilling season here in the United...

Contact: FAS Public Affairs (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is awarding $200 million to more than 70 U.S...

Photo: Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Alexis Taylor and Consul General Tom Vajda for the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai kickoff the Taste of America celebration at the Foodhall store in Mumbai, India. Through its...

The American Soybean Association opened its first overseas representative office in Tokyo in 1956. Since then, the U.S. soybean industry has been working in partnership with the Foreign Agricultural Service to create market opportunities for U.S...

Contact: FAS Program Operations Division (202) 720-4327 WASHINGTON, April 1, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2017 funding for five...

As part of President Obama's historic trip to Cuba to further normalization of relations, advance commercial and people-to-people ties, and express our support for human rights for all Cubans, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced several measures that will foster further collaboration between the U.S. and Cuban agriculture sectors.

Inside the grille area of Cochran Fellowship Program alumnus Marcelo Roel’s La Perdiz restaurant in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguayan restaurateur Marcelo Roel credits USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program (CFP) with helping him expand his business by...

Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has awarded fiscal year 2016 funding to more...