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Market access, the single most important component of U.S. ag exports that register as sales to America’s Ag producers. How to achieve market access within the framework of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is diverse.

The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications for its agribusiness trade mission to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, scheduled for July 13-17.  Current and potential U.S. exporters interested in exploring trade opportunities in the region must apply by April 2nd.   “...

The USDA will spearhead a trade mission to Thailand from February 3-6, to expand agricultural exports and strengthen trade ties in Southeast Asia.  The mission includes 40 agribusinesses, trade organizations, and representatives from five state departments of agriculture.   ...

USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and former Oregon Department of Agriculture head Alexis Taylor will lead a delegation of 26 agribusinesses and farm organizations to Panama City, Panama, March 19-23.  The mission highlights opportunities in Panama and throughout the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement region.  Exports...

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from exporters of U.S. farm and food products for a two-city trade mission to Japan, coming up June 5th-8th.  The trade mission offers U.S. agribusinesses the potential to increase or expand their sales to Japan, one of the United States’ top five agricultural export markets.  U.S. exports of agr...

The USDA just wrapped up the 2022 trade mission season with a stop in Spain and Portugal earlier this month.  And while nothing official has been announced regarding the 2023 trade mission stops, Foreign Agriculture Service Associate Administrator Clay Hamilton recently gave us a bit of a preview of counties that could be on the list.   “...

Last week, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service launched a new Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System. This is a system through which U.S. exporters are required by law to report any sales transactions with buyers outside the U.S. fo...

After productive talks with the U.S. in 2021, the Vietnamese government eliminated a 3% U.S. wheat import tariff on December 30th. Earlier this month, the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased without a tariff arrived at a Vietnam port. The shipment contained more than 68,300 metric tons of soft white and hard red spring wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains ...

On Tuesday, the USDA gifted Texas A&M University $500,000 to establish international fellowship programs. The award is for the University’s Norman Borlaug Institute to establish and teach school-based programs in Guatemala through the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program. Admin ...

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service awarded fiscal year 2022 funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for U.S. goods. The Market Access Program focuses on consumer promotion, including brand promotion for small companies and cooperatives, and is used extensively by organizations promoting fruits, vegetables, nuts, processed products, and com