07/26/2017

Former Senators to Lead New Agricultural Advocacy Group

Agriculture and trade are big topics these days—especially together

Agriculture and trade are big topics these days—especially together. With President Donald Trump talking about renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), many in the agricultural industry are mobilizing to advocate for maintaining open markets around the world for U.S. farmers and ranchers.

That’s the mission of Farmers for Free Trade, a new 501(c)(4) nonprofit announced this week by two former U.S. senators who will serve as co-chairs: Max Baucus, the former Democratic senator from Montana who recently served as U.S. ambassador to China, and Richard Lugar of Indiana, the Republican former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

“This is about U.S. leadership not just across all 50 states but beyond,” Baucus said in comments to Feedstuffs. “The U.S. food and agriculture community recognizes that our farmers and ranchers are supported by, and benefit from, the highly integrated, cross-border supply chains that make up the agriculture and food-processing industries as well as serve customers around the globe.”

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