Trade Promotion Authority and the need to implement new trade deals were among concerns raised by farmers during this week’s Farmers for Free Trade Roundtable.
Doug Chapin, a Michigan dairy farmer and chairman of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, says last year the U.S. exported more than one out of every six gallons of milk produced.
“That meant $6.5 billion worth of dairy production was sold overseas that went to the bottom line of dairy producers like me,” he says.
