WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2024– The U.S. Department of Agriculture today revealed that Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is leading USDA’s very first agribusiness trade objective to Luanda, Angola, today, accompanied by agents from the Kansas and Wisconsin departments of farming, along with 16 U.S. business and companies.
“I am happy to lead USDA’s very first trade objective to Angola to assist American agri-businesses develop strong relationships in this interesting market and area” stated Agriculture Deputy Secretary Torres Small. “USDA is purchased market gain access to, whether brand-new or broadened, around the world. Angola offers sufficient chances to export top quality, high-value U.S. farming items, and I’m delighted to see the connections that are formed over the coming days.”
Members of the U.S. delegation will perform business-to-business conferences with possible purchasers from Angola, along with from surrounding Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo. They will likewise get extensive market instructions from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service personnel and market trade specialists, acquiring insights that will assist notify their export methods for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Trade objective individuals represent a range of American-made food and farming items, consisting of beef, dairy, distilled spirits, dry beans and lentils, grains, oilseeds, poultry and more. Taking part business and companies are:
- Agrisar, Inc., Broadway, Va.
- AMER-CON Corporation, Miami, Fla.
- Food Export Association of the Midwest USA and Food Export USA-Northeast, Chicago, Ill.
- Grove Services, Inc., Wellesley, Maine
- Health Enhanced Foods, Rockaway, N.J.
- J. Reiger & & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
- JM Grain, Garrison, N.D.
- Montana Dakota Brands, Lodgepole, N.D.
- Mountaire Farms, Millsboro, Del.
- Schreiber Foods, Green Bay, Wis.
- U.S. Dairy Export Council, Arlington, Va.
- U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc., Mount Horeb, Wis.
- U.S. Meat Export Federation, Denver, Colo.
- U.S. Soybean Export Council, Chesterfield, Mo.
- U.S. Wheat Associates, Arlington, Va.
- U.S.A. Poultry & Egg Export Council, Tucker, Ga.
USDA touches the lives of all Americans every day in a lot of favorable methods. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is changing America’s food system with a higher concentrate on more durable regional and local food production, fairer markets for all manufacturers, making sure access to safe, healthy, and healthy food in all neighborhoods, developing brand-new markets and streams of earnings for farmers and manufacturers utilizing environment clever food and forestry practices, making historical financial investments in facilities and tidy energy abilities in rural America, and devoting to equity throughout the Department by getting rid of systemic barriers and constructing a labor force more representative of America. To find out more, check out www.usda.gov.
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