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The Undisputed Champ in Almond Exports Goes to Russia
With Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) earlier this year, there is a growing interest in doing business with the Russian food and agricultural sector. This week, Under Secretary...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: An Update on Exports
The past four years have been tremendously positive for America’s efforts to export more agricultural goods and products around the world. The brand of American agriculture is soaring worldwide. In...
View ArticleA New Gateway for Canadian Consumers to U.S. Foods
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in Ottawa, through its food and beverage alliance, tasteUS!, recently launched a new website that provides Canadians with information on top quality...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: On the Road to Another Record Year for Agricultural Trade
The prosperity of American agriculture provides us with a secure and abundant food supply here at home – and tremendous opportunity to export quality U.S. products across the globe. Today, the American...
View ArticleInternational Trade Topics Featured at USDA Ag Outlook Forum
The theme for this year’s USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum is centered on managing risk in today’s markets. The forum will feature several international trade sessions highlighting strategies,...
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Ambassadors of Cheese
Rogue Creamery representatives display some of their popular cheeses during a 2011 international trade show in Hong Kong. The Oregon company credits the Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) Market...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: A Magnet for Jobs
This week, in his State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out his plan to make America a magnet for jobs in the generations to come, and further strengthen the middle class. He stressed that...
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Helping Dairy Exporters Obtain Electronic EU Dairy Health and Transit Export...
The Dairy eTDE system will streamline the paperwork for health certificates to improve our export certification efforts. This year, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will start issuing...
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USA Pears Enter the Chinese Market for the First Time
Even the weather cooperated on February 23, 2013. With a brilliant blue sky overhead and bright sunlight streaming into the warehouse, the first shipment of pears grown in the United States and...
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U.S. Ag Products Make Their Mark in the Middle East
U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Michael Corbin (second from left) and Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Sue Heinen cut a ceremonial ribbon during the opening ceremony for the...
View ArticleOnline Systems Keeps U.S. Ag Exporters Abreast of Regulations in Foreign Markets
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently launched an online system that modernizes the way the agency informs the U.S. agricultural industry regarding changes in international food and...
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A Symbol of Strength, Perseverance and Dignity Shared Between Friends
Imagine sitting at your desk one day and answering the ringing phone, only to hear the US State Department’s Office of Protocol on the other end. That is precisely what happened to Michael Perry,...
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Giving Thanks to our Nation’s Dairy Industry
June is National Dairy Month; a time to thank our nation’s dairy farmers and businesses for all that they do. USDA Photo. Cross posted from DairyGood.org: Whether it’s cheese, milk, or yogurt, dairy...
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FAS Helps Small Biz Find ‘Out of This World’ Success
Carol Deeney (left), Stonewall Kitchen’s international marketing director, and Stephanie Miller, Stonewall’s social media and marketing coordinator, man a booth at the 2012 Gulfood Trade Show. The...
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Digitizing Our Agricultural History; 77 Years of Annual Statistics Now Online
Agricultural Statistics has a long history of publication and is an important archive for researchers to study the history of U.S. farming. This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Breaking the Gridlock and Securing Our Economic Future
This week, President Obama laid out a vision for America’s economic future. Since day one, the Obama Administration has been focused on our nation’s economic recovery, and over recent years we’ve...
View ArticleSpreading Sustainable Seafood Practices Overseas
Last month, the Foreign Agricultural Service office in The Hague, Netherlands, partnered with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to highlight the institute’s commitment to sustainable fishing and...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Commonsense Immigration Reform: Pro-Growth and...
A report released this week by the White House economic team shows the benefits of commonsense immigration reform for rural America. Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate passed a commonsense immigration...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Why a Farm Bill Extension Won’t Work
In just a few days, Congress will come back to Washington, D.C. and Rural America is counting on passage of a comprehensive, multiyear Food, Farm and Jobs Bill as soon as possible. In January, Congress...
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Online Tool Helps Ag Exporters Track Trade Agreements
The Foreign Agricultural Service recently launched an online tool, called the Agricultural Tariff Tracker, to help exporters obtain information about tariff reductions resulting from world-wide free...
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