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Highlights
FAS Mission Statement
Linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security.
— Welcome to the FAS Web Site from Administrator Michener

Stimulating Global Economic Revival: U.S.–India Cooperation in Economics, Trade, and Agriculture (White House fact sheet; 11/24/09)

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— Global Economic Crisis Threatens Food Security in Lower Income Countries (Amber Waves, December 2009)
    — USDA Food Security Assessment, 2008-09
— Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape (11/18/09)

USDA Employees Help To Rebuild Afghanistan
USDA Video Still from Paths to Progress: USDA Agricultural Advisors in Afghanistan— Foreign Agricultural Service Announces Assignment of USDA Employee to Top Agriculture Position in Afghanistan (11/20/09)
— USDA Employee Frederick Salinas Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector (11/20/09)
— USDA Employee Arnold Norman Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector (11/20/09)
— USDA Employee Craig White Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector (11/20/09)
— USDA Employee Paul Heidloff Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector (11/20/09)
— USDA Employee James Hoffman Volunteers to Help Rebuild Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector (11/20/09)
— More about Agriculture in Afghanistan: Rebuilding for a Stable, Secure Country

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Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Meets With World Food Program and Iraq Agricultural Officials (11/20/09)
— Updated Fact Sheet: USDA at Work for Agriculture in Iraq (November 2009)
— Merrigan Addresses Global Agricultural Leaders (11/18/09)
— World Summit to Tackle Global Hunger Problems (USDA Radio News; 11/16/09 - wma, real, mp3)
— Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces Travel to Rome for 36th Ministerial Conference of the FAO (11/13/09)

Docked shipUSDA Announces Funding Allocations To Promote Food And Agricultural Products Overseas (11/18/09)
FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports
 — Sugar: World Markets and Trade (.pdf; 11/19/09)
— Few Changes in the Corn, Soybean and Cotton Outlook (USDA Radio News - 11/17/09; mp3)
 — Russia:  Conditions Improving for 2010/11 Winter Grains (11/17/09)
 — Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set
— Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data

— USDA Accepts DEIP Bid For Anhydrous Milkfat To Asia And Eurasia (10/29/09)
 — INVITATION FOR OFFERS FOR CHEESE (pdf.; 07/28/09)
    — Amendment  No. 1 to Invitation (.pdf; 10/26/09)
 — Federal Register Notice:  Notice of Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) (10/07/09)
 — More information about the program

More information on:
 — Rebuilding agriculture in Afghanistan and Iraq
 — Video: Paths to Progress: USDA Agricultural Experts in Afghanistan - View video: high-bit rate or low-bit rate 
— Video: Once in a Lifetime: USDA Agricultural Advisors in Iraq (02/13/09)
 — Transcript (.pdf)
 — See the USDA YouTube channel for more videos
 
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