USDA Officials, Industry Reps Traveling to Canada in Bid to Expand Ag Exports
A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official, state officials and more than 40 representatives from the U.S. agriculture industry will travel to Canada in September to try to “expand sales” for U.S. agricultural exporters, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service said in an Aug. 30 press release. Ted McKinney, USDA’s undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, will travel with several state agriculture officials and 41 industry representatives on what USDA is calling a “trade mission.”
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“With the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ... poised for passage, this is a great time for U.S. agricultural exporters to be shoring up ties with our neighbors to the north,” McKinney said in a statement. “[W]e’re looking forward to meeting with current and potential customers in Toronto and Montreal to explore new and expanded business opportunities.” The delegation includes representatives from the American Peanut Council, the Food Export Association of the Midwest and the Northeast branch of it, the Southern United States Trade Association, the U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, the Wine Institute, the California Prune Board and more.