A level playing field must be established so that American farmers have a fighting chance to compete in the world market. Too many countries erect trade barriers to keep American farm products out of their country entirely. And our trade offices do too little to stop it. We must stop trading away the interests of America's farmers to benefit other sectors of the economy in trade negotiations. We need to negotiate better trade treaties and once we do, we need to enforce them.
Urgent work lies ahead.
If Congress fails to address the farm problem properly, family farmers will cease to exist. Without family farmers, America loses its ability to feed itself and eats forever more at the indulgence of the big corporations that then will control agriculture.