John Reifsteck

Don’t Allow Biotechnology to be Taken Off the EU-US Negotiating Table

John ReifsteckJune 13, 2013

If it’s not hard, it’s not worth doing. U.S. and EU trade diplomats must keep this slogan in mind as they prepare to negotiate a sweeping free-trade agreemen...

Agricultural TechnologyTransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership3 Comments 0

Agricultural Chess: The Age Old Battle of Farmers Against Weeds

John ReifsteckApril 25, 2013

When the biotechnology antagonists try to stoke fear by warning about “superweeds,” they make these plants sound like an alarming cross between the unruly dinos...

Agricultural TechnologyCrop Protection & Disease1 Comment 0

A Trade Agenda? (or not)

John ReifsteckSeptember 6, 2012

It’s a familiar bit of wisdom: Past performance predicts future performance. Employers use it when they hire workers, investors when they pick stocks, and farme...

NAFTA, Other Agreements0 Comments 0

Measuring Global Food Security

John ReifsteckJuly 26, 2012

The United States is suffering through one of the worst droughts in its history, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture announcing earlier this month that more...

Food and Nutritional Security3 Comments 0

The Politics of Exports and Jobs

John ReifsteckMarch 29, 2012

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum won the Louisiana primary on Saturday, pumping new life into his campaign following last week’s big win by Mitt Ro...

Barriers, Market Access, Other Issues1 Comment 0

Words Matter: Biotechnology Does Not Contaminate

John ReifsteckMarch 8, 2012

Sometimes you just have to pay attention. I do not grow organic crops on my farm and often do not listen to discussions about organic rules and regulations. ...

Agricultural Technology3 Comments 0

Conventional Trade Wisdom

John ReifsteckJune 2, 2011

Yet sometimes the conventional wisdom is worth proving because the stakes are so high. A good example is a new study from the Department of Agriculture. It...

NAFTA, Other Agreements0 Comments 1

Regulating Interference

John ReifsteckFebruary 3, 2011

That’s how a lot of farmers are reacting to last week’s decision by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to deregulate GM alfalfa: He came up w...

Agricultural TechnologyBarriers, Market Access, Other Issues0 Comments 0

A Sugar By Any Other Name…

John ReifsteckSeptember 23, 2010

The point is that all names aren’t equal. Some are better than others, which is why I support the petition to let food makers refer to high fructose ...

Food Safety0 Comments 0

Cooperating To Feed America and the World

John ReifsteckMarch 12, 2010

That same imbalance of power is a real problem for farmers and ranchers in the United States. Farmers are proud of their independence, but millions of growe...

Food and Nutritional Security0 Comments 0

Trade

A Ratified USMCA Would be a Christmas Gift of Stability

Three Voices. One Message. Ratify USMCA Now.

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

Technology

California Can Keep the Water Flowing

Item of Interest: Let’s trust African scientists in war on hunger

Sharing A GM Technology Testimony From India to Uganda