Members of Congress are beginning the process of crafting a new U.S. Farm Bill and Nebraskans are offering suggestions on how to improve trade.
Nebraska’s agricultural exports exceeded $6.3 billion in 2015, so it is no wonder trade came up often at a recent Farm Bill listening tour in Nebraska.
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (NE-R) says agricultural trade is fundamental to the basis of Nebraska’s economy.
“And right now, you have a whole bunch of people who are confused about how trade works,” Sasse said at the roundtable discussion, “and, unfortunately, some of those folks are inside the (Trump) administration.”
Agricultural producers say improving the Market Access Program as well as the Foreign Market Development Program are crucial to expanding business in the state.