Tariff Turmoil in Times of Abundance
U.S. crop export prices dropped like a rock last month, falling by more than 5 percent. That’s the fastest dive we’ve seen in seven years, according to a report...
Tim Burrack
Delaying a Trade War “Bullet”
Talk ain’t cheap. Just this week, the trade talks between the United States and China have taken a turn in a positive direction, boosting the value of my cro...
The Economic Bullets Are Real For Farmers In Trade War With China
The talking is over. Now we’re fighting a real trade war—and here on my farm in Iowa, I’m on the front line. The dispute between the United States and China ...
Russia vs. GMOs
You’ve heard about how the Russians have tried to spread fake news. It turns out that they’re also pushing fake science. Researchers at Iowa State University...
We Must Not Take NAFTAs Blessings For Granted
“How is NAFTA good for your children and grandchildren?” A very direct – and insightful – question asked by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at a rec...
Consider the Case of Cover Crops
A new report from the activist group Mighty Earth says that America’s taste for meat and the crops that support it are “driving widespread water contamination a...
IARC Alarmism Puts Rats Before Farmers
Some things are said to be “too big to fail.” Now it seems that some truths are “too big to publish.” That’s one of the jaw-dropping explanations behind t...
Ag, Airplanes and Perdue
President Trump took his time to choose a nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, and he picked a good one: Sonny Perdue, a former Governor of Georgia wh...
Time For Congress to Get It Done: Pass TPP
We knew our next president would be a protectionist. Now we know which one: On Tuesday, Republican Donald Trump won an astonishing victory over Democrat Hillary...
Protectionism: The Curse That Keeps On Taking
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” warned the Spanish philosopher George Santayana more than a century ago. Listening to our maj...
Tim Burrack
Farmer, Iowa, USA
Tim Burrack has been farming in Northeast Iowa for almost 40 years raising corn, seed corn and soybeans. Pork production is also a major part of his family farm. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and provides leadership as the Vice-Chairman. He is an active participant in state and national farm and commodity organizations including the US Grain Council, National Corn Growers Association and AgState, an agricultural think tank based in Iowa that was organized to create leadership for Iowa agriculture through strategic visioning, planning and implementation. Tim’s interest in infrastructure as it relates to trade has led to travel in Panama, Brazil and down the Mississippi River to research river, rail and road infrastructure challenges.