Government Documents - Department of Agriculture: Foreign Agricultural Service

Guide to our holdings of publications of the USDA and its subsidiary agencies related to agriculture, farming, production, imports and exports, prices, research and development, farmer cooperatives, and related topics.

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The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) was established in 1953 when it took over functions formerly handled by the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. It maintains information about global supply and demand for agricultural products and provides funding to states for market development and export assistance.

Government Documents provides access to many FAS publications, including the following series:

Foreign agriculture reports (FAR) (A 67.16:)

Foreign crops and markets (A 67.8:)

AgExporter (A 67.7/3:)

World markets and trade circulars (A 67.18:)

FAS databases
Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), Export Sales Reporting (ESR), Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN), and Production, Supply, & Distribution (PS&D) databases.