The Great Guacamole Crisis of the 2019 Super Bowl That Wasn’t
Imagine a future with less guacamole. It might be here sooner than you think—especially if the United States further damages its trading relationship with Me...
Trade
Farmers Are Trusting President Trump to Deliver the Greatest Harvest Yet to Come
Here’s the thing that a lot of people misunderstand about farmers and President Trump: As much as farmers like me are worried about trade wars, we’ve done reall...
New Year – New Congress – New Opportunity to Support Trade
Congress should make a New Year’s resolution to support free trade in 2019. A number of pundits have assumed that as new leaders take formal control of the...
Step One to Stop Trade Wars: Ratify the USMCA Now
Time is ticking on trade—and our political leaders in Washington, DC must act immediately to protect American agriculture. Farmers like me expressed relief t...
Market Access Uncertainty Creates Planting Uncertainty
For farmers, planting decisions are always tough. We have to worry about weather, weeds, pests, soil conditions, crop disease, equipment, government policy, mar...
Phew! We have a DEAL!
What a relief. We finally have an updated NAFTA—a new North American trade agreement, following more than a year of hardball negotiations and sky-high levels...
Peace Arch Lesson for US-Canada Trade Negotiations
“May these gates never be closed,” says an inscription on the Peace Arch, a monument that straddles the border between Canada and the United States. Built almos...
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...
A New Zealand Farmer Looks at Subsidies Through a Different Lens
A $12-billion “assistance package” to American farmers sounds like a great deal, at least for the recipients: a one-time payment that is intended to soften suf...
History May Repeat Itself
President Trump wants to give $12 billion to farmers like me, to make up for the losses we’re suffering from America’s trade wars. I appreciate the gesture. ...