It's Time to Start Up Our Economy Again
When truckers come to our farm for pinto beans, we don't shake hands or bump elbows. Instead, we practice social distancing: Drivers will pull up and roll down...
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A COVID-19 Inspired Food Supply Chain Success Story
As in much of the world, serious measures have been taken by my government to prevent Covid-19 pandemic outbreaks. In Turkey, all public areas are closed but e...
The imperative to move food, medicine, goods, services and information across borders must be honored.
A global pandemic, something never experienced in our lifetime. It?s times like this, where people and nations realise just how interdependent we all are...
Access to More Trade Could Mean Access to New Technologies for Kenyas Farmers
When I traveled to the United States from my familys farm in Kenya two years ago, I saw firsthand how agricultural science and engineering can help feed the w...
A Phase One US - China Trade Agreement Reality Check
Will the coronavirus outbreak unravel President Trumps new trade deal with China?
The export boom from that trade deal will take longer because of the...
Celebrating Twenty Years of Agvocacy
Let me tell you a story about how putting words into action transitioned into a global movement.
Twenty years ago this week, five Iowa farmers were worried abo...
NAFTA is history as Senate gives final approval to USMCA
On January 16, 2020, the Senate passes the USMCA. Read more at LATIMES.COM....
Pork exports to China surge; export value to Mexico rebounds
While the surge in pork shipments to China will capture most of the headlines this month, it is equally encouraging to see export value to Mexico make such a st...
What if 'Take it to the Farmer' Meant the Government too
Photo credit: White House/Eisenhower Presidential Library
"You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from a ...
USMCA Recommits the US / Canada / Mexico to a Strong Economic Partnership
If you want to learn about free trade - see how and why it works, watch the behavior of people who reside near international borders. It will reveal the way we ...