Ibach: Farmers understand trade playing field not level

Ibach: Farmers understand trade playing field not level

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach says farmers are concerned about trade disputes, but he says they understand the trade playing field has not been level.

“There are tariffs in place and sanitary and phytosanitary complications in the trade marketplace that have affected their access and their ability to be more successful than they’ve even been already,” Ibach told reporters at World Pork Expo Thursday.

There’s a lot of hope among farmers that current trade disputes will be resolved through the discussions taking place at the moment, said Ibach. 

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