Kenya advances GM maize to increase yields, reduce pesticide use
Kenyan farmers are now closer to growing GM (Bt) maize on their farms. The Bt maize planted earlier in western Kenya is already showing resistance to the destru...
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Modern Technology is a Sustainability Tool for Every Farmer
Where's my jet pack?
This rhetorical question is an old joke, usually uttered to express satiric dissatisfaction with how we're not living in the future we onc...
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...
Rwanda And Africa Want a Hand-Up: Let's Trade!
Dear President Trump: Pick us!
On behalf of Rwanda, I would like to make the case for a free-trade agreement between our two countries.
Last month, U.S. T...
Lets Keep NAFTA Alive
The government of Mexico earlier this month re-launched an old marketing campaign: Hecho en Mexico. A strategy that started back in the 70s, with the idea of...
A Pro-Trade Political Choice
The 2016 U.S. presidential election presents voters with an important choicebut on an issue that matters dearly to farmers and ranchers, it appears on first gl...
The Ill-Regulatory USDA
Shortly before last weeks long U.S. Independence Day weekend, the Obama administration announced that it would delay the employer-mandate portion of the new he...
Ractopamine Residue-Free Meat as a Non-Tariff Trade Barrier
Last year the Russian government set December 7, 2012 after which the U.S. and other suppliers were required to certify that pork and beef exports were free of ...
Send The Free Trade Agreements to Congress.Right Away!
In his jobs speech last week, President Obama demanded that Congress pass his new stimulus proposals “right away.” This was his constant refrain:...