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Farewell Reflection: Export Impact’s Journey

USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor

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.

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USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor touts the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program in Vietnam

A Farewell Message from Secretary Tom Vilsack to Employees

January 13, 2017 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent the following message to all USDA employees: I want to take this opportunity on my final day at USDA to express my profound gratitude to the people who work at USDA. Every day, nearly 90,000 people leave their families and the comfort of their home to do...

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Bringing it Home at the End of the Year

January 12, 2017 Hubert Hamer, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service

According to recent data on local food marketing practices, 167,000 U.S. farms locally produced and sold food through direct marketing practices, resulting in $8.7 billion in revenue. Pennsylvania led the U.S. in the number of farms selling directly to consumers, with more than 6,000 operations...

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USDA Offers Grants to Help Expand Marketing and Local Food Opportunities

January 11, 2017 Elanor Starmer, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

If there is one word that best embodies agriculture, it is entrepreneurship. Over the course of my time at USDA, I’ve had the chance to meet with farmers, ranchers and food business of all sizes and in all parts of the country. The faces of these entrepreneurs and their innovative strategies and...

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