The following statement of support was submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Weds., Jan. 29 in support of Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce: The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) supports the nomination of Howard Lutnick to serve as the next U.S. Secretary […]
Updating last week’s news about the European Union’s (EU) pending Deforestation Regulation, the EU Commission announced on Oct. 2 that it is considering an implementation delay. In a press release, the Commission said, “If approved by the European Parliament and the Council, it would make the law applicable on 30 December 2025 for large companies […]
A letter sent Oct. 1 from 21 bipartisan members of Congress to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged the administration “to engage with the incoming administration in Mexico to address ongoing trade disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn.” Reps. Randy Feenstra […]
In a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), NGFA is seeking clarity on the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will take effect Jan. 1, 2025. The regulation will affect U.S. grain and oilseed exporters by requiring additional traceability of commodities to ensure they were not produced on […]
NGFA recently published an update on the agricultural economic landscape, farm income trends and their influence on policy, and a trade analysis and outlook. The document was completed with the help of The Russell Group (TRG), a leading bipartisan government relations firm focused exclusively on food and agriculture public policy that NGFA hired earlier this […]
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified before the House Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee this week about President Biden’s trade policy. Before the hearings, NGFA urged the administration to “recommit to an aggressive trade agenda to meaningfully expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products.” In the April 15 letter to […]
In a March 13 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, 22 Republican senators urged the Biden administration to increase U.S. agricultural exports and improve the competitiveness of U.S. products abroad. “We write to express deep concern with the continued erosion of critical markets for U.S. agricultural exports,” wrote the […]
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2020 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) commended Congress for ratifying the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) after the Senate approved the trade deal on Jan. 16 by an overwhelming 89-10 vote. “The USMCA is a tremendous positive for the United States and the entire North American region and our interdependent […]
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