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The Agriculture Secretary Monday discussed some of the numbers associated with the recent in-person USDA agricultural trade mission to the United Arab Emirates. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Ag leaders from our nation and the European Commission Monday discusses ways to collaborate on climate smart agriculture and innovation efforts. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
USDA has restarted its avocado inspection program in Mexico, which clears the way for a resumption of Mexican avocado exports to the United States. (Stephanie Ho and Mark Davidson, Acting Deputy Administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plant Protection and Quarantine...
Mark Davidson, Acting Deputy Administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plant Protection and Quarantine Program, gives some statistics that show just how many avocados come from Mexico.
Mark Davidson, Acting Deputy Administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plant Protection and Quarantine Program, thanks Mexican officials for help in allowing avocado inspections to resume.
An inaugural webinar series sponsored by the Agricultural Research Service and Cornell University focuses on several aspects of industrial hemp research and development. (Rod Bain and USDA researcher, Zachary Stansell)
USDA researcher, Zachary Stansell, discusses the need to advance industrial hemp innovation and research, and how opportunities such as the National Hemp Webinar series are designed to facilitate such r and d.
The USDA's new Market News Mobile APP is seen by many as a "game changer" for many farmers. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. John Gallagher, with the Market News Division of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service)
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.