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Max Armstrong offers insights on the rising talk about soil health, rangeland health, and the economic health of farmers and ranchers. James Halvorson would want you to know they re linked. Halvorson is executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association who shared his thoughts on his journey from crop land to rangeland and why he enjoys being a rangeland evangelist.
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Cattle, ranch organizations want relief from Biden administration for Trump trade deal
SD Ag Connection / News StaffApril 20, 2021Agriculture News
WASHINGTON, DC – During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he called “the worst trade deal ever made.” As president, he did so. The result became the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), which Trump signed into law in January 2020 and touted as one of his signature achievements in a State of the Union address.
Now, a number of national, state, and regional cattle and ranch associations – most all that politically endorsed Trump – are, “seeking immediate relief from the USMCA.” In an April 19 letter, 18 associations including R-CALF USA, Independent Beef Association of North Dakota and the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, have written a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and to United States Trade Representati