The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is one of the U.S. government’s four foreign affairs agencies as designated by the Foreign Service Act of 1980. The core mission of FAS is to facilitate trade and international cooperation, which are critical to the vitality of the U.S. agricultural sector.  

The FAS team includes more than 130 Foreign Service Officers posted around the globe. FAS agricultural attachés serve as the eyes, ears, and voice of American agriculture around the world. They are the front‐line professionals representing the Department of Agriculture in 93 field offices at U.S. diplomatic missions covering 171 countries. 

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Learn more about the work of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) by watching the video above. USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service links U.S. agriculture to the world in more than 180 countries in areas such as food policy, agricultural trade, marketing, marketing, and data.