Strengthening trade relations and expanding market opportunities for U.S. beef is top of mind for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services (FAS) office in Washington, D.C.

"In D.C., trade is the topic of the house," FAS Deputy Undersecretary Alexis Taylor told farmers at the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention last month in Des Moines. Taylor, an Iowa native, oversees international act­ivities, which include foreign trade, export promotion and food security...