Source: Bill Tomson, AGRI-PULSE, 5/31/17


Farm groups and farm-state lawmakers are increasingly looking at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement as if you were removing a big bandage. If it has to be done – and the Trump administration has made clear that it does – then it’s far better to accept the pain and get it done quickly.Mexico, which spends about $19 billion per year to buy U.S. corn, soybeans, beef, pork, rice, milk, sorghum and other commodities, is becoming increasingly jittery about the viability of U.S. exports.

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