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USDA Provides One-Stop Information Shop for Ag Exporters

March 20, 2012 Suzanne Heinen, Foreign Agricultural Service Acting Administrator

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is helping U.S. agricultural exporters navigate the complexities of the global trading system with its new trade facilitation desk. The FAS trade facilitation desk is just one example of how FAS is streamlining and improving its services to exporters as part...

Trade

USDA Scientists Offer Solutions to Global Water Issues

March 20, 2012 Tara T. Weaver-Missick, USDA – Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. This week marks the 19 th year of World Water Day. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development...

Research and Science

Black Bear Populations Swell in Mississippi with the Help NRCS and Its Partners

March 20, 2012 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

Mississippi was once famous for its black bear population. Hunters from across the U.S. traveled to the state to hunt in the forests of the Delta, which teemed with the shy creatures.

Conservation

Energy Stakeholders Learn of New Energy Tools, Available Funding, During Meeting in Puerto Rico

March 20, 2012 Miguel A. Ramírez, Public Affairs Coordinator

Earlier this month, USDA Rural Development Staff in Puerto Rico held an energy stakeholders meeting to present the new online tools available on the revamped Energy Programs website. Also an overview of the projects developed in the island with the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) funds were...

Energy