Ukraine Update: Ordinary Farming Challenges in a Most Abnormal Year
The top exporters of Ukrainian wheat today are the Russians.
That’s because they’ve stolen hundreds of thousands of tons of it from my fellow farmers. Now t...
Trade
The Everyday Miracle of Milk
Milk is the only food product that people can consume from the day we are born to the day we die.
It’s an amazing drink, but it’s also such a fixture in our li...
EU Farmers Can Meet the Green Deal Goals Without Endangering Food Security
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine already has caused a diplomatic crisis, an economic crisis, and an energy crisis in Europe.
Will it also create a food crisis?
As...
The Challenging Experiment of Planting Season 2022 in Ukraine
On my farm in Ukraine, we are embarking on a challenging experiment: We’re going to see how much food we can grow in the most overwhelming conditions imaginable...
In a World of Conflict, Farmers Collaborate to Grow More Food
In a world of fierce competition, agriculture is very often about collaboration. Neighbors help neighbors. Co-ops join resources for mutual benefit. Commodity g...
Tariff “Policy Shock” Is Real and Destructive
The pre-pandemic trade wars finally have a price tag for American agriculture: $27 billion.
That’s how much export income we lost from the middle of 2018 to th...
The World Needs Trade Leadership Now
Remember the World Trade Organization?
Its members were scheduled to gather in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago, in what Reuters called “a meeting widely seen...
Thankful for the Mentorship of Clayton Yeutter
Thirty-five years ago, around Thanksgiving, Clayton Yeutter was focused on using American trade laws to negotiate on behalf of the United States for the Urugua...
The Government of Kenya Should Allow Imports of GM Soya Beans
When nations wage trade wars, farmers and consumers always lose---and Zambia is proving it all over again with a new and harmful export ban.
The landlocked Afr...
The Handshake
I haven't shaken the hand of a stranger, or a friend for that matter, in more than a year, and neither have a lot of other Canadians.
This may not seem like a ...