Declaration for Farmer Choice
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Three Billion and Counting
The Biotech Counter at the Truth About Trade & Technology (TATT) website passed the 3 billion acres planted milestone on Friday November 4, 2011. The counters continuously track the number of acres planted and harvested with biotech crops worldwide.
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The Food Security Reader: The Best of Truth about Trade & Technology
It’s our new book, we’ve been writing these pieces every week for over a decade. It turns out that a few of them hold up pretty well. So we’ve gathered the finest in a new anthology. Purchase your copy now on Amazon.com
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Kleckner Speaks Out
Let’s Expand The Trans Pacific Partnership
People say a picture is worth a thousand words. A photo released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last week is worth at least two. Uh oh. It shows Carol Guthrie, an American trade diplomat, meeting with what her office euphemistically calls “key trade stakeholders.” They are in fact some of the bitterest [...]
Board Commentary
An Open Letter to Oprah: Come to My Farm and See Why Biotech Crops Make Sense
Dear Oprah, Come to my farm. Visit the land that I’ve worked since I was a boy. See this place so that you’ll never again let bad articles on agriculture tarnish the pages of your magazine or the pixels on your website. If you accept this invitation to have a firsthand look at how an [...]
Trade Policy Analysis
Mexican Trade Policy Could Inhibit Consumer Choice
International trade allows consumers to access supplies of goods in other countries where local consumers may place a lower market value on those products. U.S. consumers place different values on some pork and beef products than consumers in Asian countries. U.S. producers of pork and beef earn additional incomes by selling into those markets and [...]
Guest Commentary
Rebuild the African Breadbasket with the Power of Fertilizer and Promise of Biotechnology
Africa’s farmers must do better. The population of our continent continues to grow, but our ability to produce food remains stuck in the past. Experts say that global food production has to double by 2050 in order to meet demand–yet here in Africa, the average yield of grain crops hasn’t increased since the 1960s. There’s [...]
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U.S. agriculture companies set millions for Africa
Publication – Reuters By – Carey Gillam Date – May 18, 2012 Website – www.reuters.com A group of U.S. seed, chemical and equipment companies will invest at least $150 million over the next few years into African agricultural projects and products, the companies said on Friday.
Obama unveils US food security plan for Africa
Publication – BBC News Date – May 18, 2012 Website – www.bbc.co.uk US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say.
Louise Fresco on Feeding the Whole World
Louise Fresco shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods.
Colombia Free Trade Agreement Fires up Today
Publication — Farm Futures Author — Compiled by Staff Date — May 15, 2012 Website — http://farmfutures.com It’s been a long time coming but starting today, Colombia and the United States kick off a new free trade agreement that cuts down a wide range of tariffs on U.S. imports. In a press statement issued today, [...]
Gray, the Color of FTAs
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By In-Soo Nam Date — May 15, 2012 Website — http://blogs.wsj.com Free-trade agreements tend to polarize public opinion in South Korea, but the issues are usually far from black-and-white, according to a top economist. Speaking to foreign media Tuesday, Choi Byung-il, president of the Korea Economic Research [...]
Export-Import Bank reauthorized by Senate
Publication — The Washington Post Author — By Rosalind S. Helderman Date — May 15, 2012 Website — www.washingtonpost.com On Tuesday, Congress accomplished something relatively rare: It passed a piece of legislation and sent it to the president for his signature. On a broad bipartisan vote of 78 to 20, the Senate voted Tuesday to [...]
EU Seeks U.S. Trade Agreement By Mid-2014, De Gucht Says
Publication — Bloomberg Authors — By Rebecca Christie and Brian Wingfield Date — May 11, 2012 Website — www.bloomberg.com The European Union and the U.S., which have the world’s largest bilateral economic relationship, are making progress on a trade accord that may be spelled out by mid-2014, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said. Tariffs, services, procurement [...]
Asia Powers Agree on Free-Trade Negotiation
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Authors — By Aaron Back, Toko Sekiguchi, Yuka Hayashi Date — May 13, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea agreed to begin free-trade negotiations this year, opening the possibility of an agreement that could rival the world’s largest free-trade zones in size, although [...]
NAFTA Trade at Record Levels
Publication — Red River Farm Network Website — www.rrfn.com US agricultural trade with NAFTA countries reached record levels in 2011. The total value of ag trade with Canada and Mexico reached about $72.1 billion in 2011; that compares to $60.7 billion in 2008 and $54.7 billion in 2009, just prior to the economic downturn. US [...]
BPI awaits school lunch orders
Publication — Sioux City Journal Author — By Dave Dreeszen Date — May 13, 2012 Website — http://siouxcityjournal.com DAKOTA DUNES — A big test awaits Beef Products Inc. this week as it struggles to recover from the uproar over its lean beef trimmings. By Monday, U.S. schools must finalize their ground beef purchases with the [...]
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