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Pork Producers on Board with USDA's Idea to Create Undersecretary Position Focused on Ag Trade
Thu, 11 May 2017 11:34:25 CDT
President of the National Pork Producers Council Ken Maschhoff, a pork producer from Carlyle, Ill., issued the following statement in reaction to news that the US Department of Agriculture will seek to establish an undersecretary position focused on trade and foreign agricultural affairs.
"NPPC is very pleased that Secretary Perdue is establishing within USDA an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a position that we and others in agriculture fought to get included in the 2014 Farm Bill.
"Clearly, the Trump administration recognizes the importance of exports to U.S. agriculture, which has a trade surplus. The new undersecretary can help convey our message to the administration that it should work to preserve and expand foreign market access for U.S. agricultural products.
"NPPC looks forward to working with the undersecretary to advance trade policies that will be beneficial for U.S. agriculture, including free trade agreements that eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers to our products."
Source - National Pork Producers Council
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