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...
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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 ...
A Ratified USMCA Would be a Christmas Gift of Stability
Everybody likes Christmas presents, and the report on Tuesday that President Trump and congressional leaders have struck a deal on a North American trade agreem...
Three Voices. One Message. Ratify USMCA Now.
What happened when the three female farmers from the United States, Mexico, and Canada walked into a trade negotiation?
It sounds like the start of a bad joke....
Farmer's Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship
We're not quite halfway through our harvest here in Canada: The lentils and barley are done, the canola is starting to come in, and soon we'll get to the durum ...
A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and "Land of the Rising Sun"
A new day may be dawning for America's farm and business trade opportunities, thanks to a pending trade agreement with the "Land of the Rising Sun."
President T...