Don’t Forget Trade, Please
As Washington whispers about collusion and Ottawa sinks into a scandal that will dominate the media for months pre-election, the economies of the United States ...
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Pjesky interview – U.S. farmer: ‘We need things to get back to normal’
GFN member Hope Pjesky from Oklahoma was interviewed on Yahoo! Finance recently. "Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman join Rancher and Wheat Farmer ...
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...
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...
‘Fitbits for cows’ is a game changer says Mexican dairy farmer
2018 Kleckner Award recipient Gina Gutierrez from Mexico was interviewed Oct 19 by Ag News Daily during the week of the Global Farmer Roundtable in Des Moines. ...
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...