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In 2009 when Tim Montz first traveled to Shanghai representing the Texan pecan industry, he had to explain what pecans were. Two years later, promoting their pecans to China and other countries has become “business as usual” for father-and-son team...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will lead a mission with 26 U.S. businesses to promote trade with Panama and Colombia Nov. 15-17. This is the largest delegation of U.S. companies ever to participate in a USDA...
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2011— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded fiscal year 2011 funding to approximately 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to help...
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is accepting applications for 2012 funding for five export market development programs administered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service: the Market Access...
Contact: FAS Public Affairs, (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, May 19, 2010 - An independent study by IHS Global Insight, Inc. found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's international market development programs have had a positive and significant...
Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2010—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the allocation of $234.5 million to 70 U.S. trade organizations to help promote American food and agricultural products...