2017 Export Numbers Highlight Wisconsin's Reliance On NAFTA

About Half Of State’s Dairy Exports, Fruit And Vegetable Exports Went To Canada, Mexico Last Year
A new report from the American Farm Bureau found 49 percent of Wisconsin’s dairy exports went to Canada and Mexico last year.
By: Hope Kirwan
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio
Link: https://www.wpr.org/2016-export-numbers-highlight-wisconsins-reliance-nafta

Washington’s dairy farmers need NAFTA — and more

With the Washington dairy industry contributing billions of dollars and thousands of jobs to the state’s economy, farmers need a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement, plus other free-trade pacts, to compete on a level field.
By: Stan Ryan
Source: The Seattle Times
Link: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/washingtons-dairy-farmers-need-nafta-and-more/

Withdrawal from NAFTA would be 'a disaster' for Iowa

I’m a dairy, beef and grain farmer with our sons actively managing and buying ownership in our three-generation operation. My passion is, and has always been, about the dairy cows and producing milk –»nature’s perfect food.”
By: Craig Lang
Source: Sioux City Journal
Link: http://siouxcityjournal.com/opinion/columnists/other-voices-withdrawal-from-nafta-would-be-a-disaster-for/article_76818c5d-7315-5873-b73f-b54698bcd41c.html

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau urges Trump to stick with NAFTA

Pennsylvania farmers count on trade with Canada and Mexico to stay in business, according to Rick Ebert, president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. That’s why the bureau is urging President Donald Trump to stick with the North American Free Trade Agreement.
By: Monica von Dobeneck
Source: Reading Eagle
Link: http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/pa-farm-bureau-urgest-trump-to-stick-with-nafta

U.S. says new nafta must end canadian protection of dairy, poultry, eggs

At the top of the Trump administration’s list of agricultural goals for the new NAFTA is elimination of Canadian tariffs on imports of U.S. dairy, poultry, and egg products — meaning a dismantling of the nation’s supply-management system.
By: Chuck Abbott
Source: Agriculture
Link: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/us-says-new-nafta-must-end-canadian-protection-of-dairy-poultry-eggs