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Talking about U.S. agriculture trade

In this special edition of Farm Futures Market Update, Jacqui Fatka digs into a range of export issues with Floyd Gaibler, U.S. Grains Council

Jacqui Fatka, Policy editor

March 17, 2020

The world is in turmoil, yet global trade continues. Just what's ahead for U.S. farm exports? What are the opportunities? And what should farmers be aware of as the year unfolds.

Recently, we caught up with Floyd Gaibler, director of trade policy and biotechnology, U.S. Grains Council to talk Phase 1, trade with Japan and the opportunity to open other markets for the future.

While Covid-19 has captured the headlines, China is returning to the market. Phase 1 is in place, and are they buying? Gaibler offers his insight. He's worked with ag, food and trade issues in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government and done work in the private sector.

Gaibler offers a straightforward look at the opportunities and issues ahead for U.S. agriculture.

Farm Futures Market Update is a periodic show that looks at a range of issues in agriculture. We will have more ahead including a discussion with the head of USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service about key issues for farmers. And we'll talk with the head of USDA's Farm Service Agency about work going on there.

About the Author

Jacqui Fatka

Policy editor, Farm Futures

Jacqui Fatka grew up on a diversified livestock and grain farm in southwest Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications, with a minor in agriculture education, in 2003. She’s been writing for agricultural audiences ever since. In college, she interned with Wallaces Farmer and cultivated her love of ag policy during an internship with the Iowa Pork Producers Association, working in Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Capitol Hill press office. In 2003, she started full time for Farm Progress companies’ state and regional publications as the e-content editor, and became Farm Futures’ policy editor in 2004. A few years later, she began covering grain and biofuels markets for the weekly newspaper Feedstuffs. As the current policy editor for Farm Progress, she covers the ongoing developments in ag policy, trade, regulations and court rulings. Fatka also serves as the interim executive secretary-treasurer for the North American Agricultural Journalists. She lives on a small acreage in central Ohio with her husband and three children.

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