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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2013 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soft red winter wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2013/2014 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began...

Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division, (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the fiscal year 2013 Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child...

By Kate Snipes, Agricultural Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Nairobi On Feb. 21, newly confirmed U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec visited the Stara Rescue Center, a school and orphanage located in Africa’s largest urban slum of Kibera, Nairobi. He...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2012/2013 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,000 metric tons of wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2012/2013 marketing year. Of the total, 60,000 tons is soft red winter and 55...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 410,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China. Of the total 60,000 tons is for delivery during the 2011/2012...

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 — Private 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 2012/2013 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began June...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 480,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year; and Export sales of 100,000...

By Michael Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services USDA’s food assistance and development programs serve a dual purpose: to meet the immediate needs of hungry people, and to show their countries how to rejuvenate their...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year; and Export sales of 110,000...

Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division, (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that international food assistance in fiscal year 2012 will benefit more than 9.7 million people worldwide...