Max Baucus

When it comes to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework recently rolled out by the Biden Administration, the reaction across farm country has been mixed. Former Montana Senator Max Baucus, and current co-chair of Farmers for Free Trade, says this was a first step in establishing the U ...

Another critic has emerged of President Trump’s approach to trade.  And this one was a long-time senator from his own party.   Richard Lugar was a six-term Republican Senator from Indiana, and he twice served as the Chairman of the Senate Ag Committee.  At a recent e...

A U.S. agricultural trade group says the tariffs announced by China are a tax on U.S. agriculture.  Farmers for Free Trade, a coalition formed to promote agricultural trade, says the tax stems from protectionist trade policies by the Trump administration.   ...

Farmers for Free Trade released another television ad on Thursday as part of the effort to highlight the damaging impact retaliation from a series of new tariffs will have on critical ag exports.  The new spot features Indiana grower Brent Bible, whose soy operation relies on exports to China, as do many more across the country.  ...

Farmers for Free Trade is a new bipartisan campaign chaired by former Senators Max Baucus and Richard Lugar.  The campaign focus is to rebuild local, grassroots support for trade in states nationwide.  Earlier this week, the American Farm Bureau Federation announced it will form a partnership with Farmers for Free Trade.   “...