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By Jana Mikulasova, FAS Agricultural Specialist, .S. Embassy Prague The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in Prague, Czech Republic , joined the People’s Garden initiative in the summer of 2009, when employees started planning their project...

After more than two decades of exporting U.S. agricultural products, Good Life Foods is thriving internationally with support from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Before starting the company, Good Life Foods’ president Emil Font served as...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iran during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began June...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 2012 — FAS Program Announcement FAS-ESR-016-12, issued at 9 a.m. today, which announced export sales of 2,803,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China. Of the total, 2,750,000 tons is for delivery during the 2012/2013...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2012 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 240,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2011/2012 marketing year; and Export Sales of 120,000...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 — Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 20,000 metric tons of soybean oil to Morocco during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for soybean oil began Oct. 1. USDA issues...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 15, 2012-The European Union and the United States announced today that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as...

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...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2012 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2011/2012 marketing year. The marketing year for corn began Sept. 1. USDA...

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...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2011 -- Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt for delivery during the 2010/2011 marketing year; and Export sales...

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2011 -- Today, USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator Isi Siddiqui and United States Department of Agriculture Acting Under Secretary Michael Scuse issued the following joint statement regarding the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)...