minutes. good morning. i call this meeting in the senate committee on agriculture forestry to order. the ambassador doud, mckinney and johansen we are happy to have you back again for the committee to discuss the need for certainty and our global agriculture markets. international trade policies and their impacts on the united states agricultural economy. has been a topic of great interest over the last few years. and more particularly the last few months. in fact, it is the second time in the last year we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the united states trade representative and the department of agriculture. i hope eventually it will result in a long-term, reliable markets for the united states agriculture. a great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee perhaps the most significantly to our members was the successful passage and enactment of the 2018 farm bill. with the help of everybody here. much like
this hearing of the senate agriculture committee. it s about an hour and 45 minutes. morning. i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture under order. we are happy to have you back here again before the committee to discuss the need for certainty in our global agriculture markets. international trade policies and their impacts on the united states agriculture economy has been a topic of great interest over the last few years and more particularly the last few months. in fact, this is the second time in the last year that we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the united states trade representative and the department of agriculture, efforts that i hope will eventually result in long-term reliable markets for the united states agriculture. a great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee. perhaps the most significant to our members was the successful package and enactment of the 2018 farm bill with
conversation conversation [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. the last couple of years have been very busy for members of the senate ag committee as we work hard to produce the 2018 farm bill that will provide certainty and predictabilities nor u.s. farmers ranchers and gores and everybody up and down the food chain. as i have traveled kansas and other areas around the country, having a farm bill in place certainly tops the list of concerns i hear about. the economy committee is doing or two, get a bill to at the finish line as soon as possible but along with that i also hear about trade. i hear from wheat growers about the need for market access t sell what they produce i hear from beef producers but barriers to trade preventing their product from entering an export market and i hear from producers across the agriculture industry and all across our valu
i call this meeting of the senate committee to order. the last couple of years, have been very busy for members of the senate agriculture committee as we work hard to produce a 2018 farm bill. that will provide certainty and predictability for the us farmers, ranchers and growers and everybody up and down the food chain. as i traveled kansas and other areas havinga farm bill in place , certainly talks about concerns that i hear about and the congress committee is doing our work, our very best to bill as soon as possible. but along with that, i also hear about trade. i hear from week growers about the need for market access to celebrate produce. i hear from the producers about barriers to trade that are preventing a project from entering export market. and i hear from producers all across the agriculture industry and all across our value chain about how trade policies and their prices, their decision and their livelihoods. these are not new concerns. the united states has l
held a hearing with officials from the agriculture department and the u.s. trade representative office on the impact of u.s. trade policy on american agriculture, and the status of new trade deals with canada, mexico, and japan. this is two hours. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] i call this meeting of the senate committee of agriculture to order. the last couple of years have been very busy for members of the senate ag committee as we have worked hard to produce the 2018 farm bill to provide certainty and predictability for the u.s. farmers and ranchers, and everyone up and down the food chain. i live as i have traveled kansas having the farm bill in place, that tops the concerns i hear about. the congress committee is doing our very best to get a bill to the finish line as soon as possible. along with that, i also hear about trade. i hear from wheat growers about the need for market access to celebrate produce. i hear from producers across agr