change, Minnesota created the Minnesota Trade Office. 

 This agency is located in the state's agriculture 

 department and has two main divisions: an 

 International Trade Division, which promotes 

 manufactured products and services, and an Agricultural 

 Marketing Division, which promotes Minnesota 

 agricultural products and services, both domestically 

 and internationally. In addition, Minnesota has an 

 Export Information Office, which gathers and 

 disseminates information about Minnesota products, 

 foreign trade leads, and international trade 

 organizations. -^^ 



Some other examples of state agricultural marketing 

 programs are these: 



Wisconsin has created a Center for International 

 Agribusiness Marketing to promote the export of state 

 agricultural and agribusiness products in foreign 

 markets. ^° 



Kansas has established the International Wheat and 

 Livestock Program at Kansas State University to assist 

 producers in marketing livestock products overseas and 

 to assist foreign buyers. °-'- 



Texas has developed an export trade program to 

 expand overseas markets for state agricultural products. 

 Texas, however, is trying to identify new export markets 

 and unserved niches in existing markets. The state has 

 also hired trade experts with trade experience and 

 language skills for specific regions of the world. The 

 state uses federal embassies and Foreign Agricultural 

 Service offices as trade offices overseas." 



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