http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/newsevents.aspRSS feed of the ten most recent USDA Foreign Agricultural Service News Releases.en-ushttp://www.fas.usda.gov/info/newsevents.asphttp://www.fas.usda.gov/images/fasrss.gif10070Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2009/2010 marketing year.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0305-09 info@fas.usda.govWed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:29 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced availability of the following credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2010: Total Amount Available: $25 million; Geographical Area: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, and Romania. http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0304-09 info@fas.usda.govMon, 23 Nov 2009 15:09:31 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that S. Rodrick McSherry, a native of New Mexico, has been assigned the top agriculture position in Afghanistan. McSherry will begin his assignment as agricultural minister counselor to Afghanistan this month.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0303-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:44 GMThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that Frederick L. Salinas, a natural resource specialist with the USDA Forest Service in Washington, D.C. and formerly a forest supervisor with the National Forests and Grasslands in Lufkin, Texas, has volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild that country’s agricultural sector. Salinas is one of 50 agricultural experts deploying to Afghanistan through early 2010, by which time FAS expects the total number of agricultural experts in Afghanistan to be 64. http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0302-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:28 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that Arnold Norman, a senior rangeland specialist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Fort Worth, Texas, has volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild that country’s agricultural sector. Norman is one of 50 agricultural experts deploying to Afghanistan through early 2010, by which time FAS expects the total number of agricultural experts in Afghanistan to be 64.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0301-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:13 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that Craig W. White, a district manager with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service office in Madison, Wis., has volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild that country’s agricultural sector. White is one of 50 agricultural experts deploying to Afghanistan through early 2010, by which time FAS expects the total number of agricultural experts in Afghanistan to be 64.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0300-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:53 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that Thomas Paul Heidloff, an FAS employee formerly with Research Triangle Institute as that firm’s lead agricultural advisor in Iraq, has volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild that country’s agricultural sector. Heidloff is one of 50 agricultural experts deploying to Afghanistan through early 2010, by which time FAS expects the total number of agricultural experts in Afghanistan to be 64.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0299-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:40 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that James T. Hoffman, a plant pathologist with the USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection in Boise, Idaho, has volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild that country’s agricultural sector. Hoffman is one of 50 agricultural experts deploying to Afghanistan through early 2010, by which time FAS expects the total number of agricultural experts in Afghanistan to be 64.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0298-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:27 GMTOn the sidelines of the 36th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Ministerial Conference, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan met with Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP), and Akram Musa Hadi Al Hakim, Iraq’s Acting Minister of Agriculture.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0297-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:57 GMTPrivate exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 734,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 458,750 tons is for delivery during the 2009/2010 marketing year and 275,250 tons is for delivery during the 2010/2011 marketing year.http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?PrNum=0296-09 info@fas.usda.govFri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:13 GMT