Glenwood, Minnesota dairy farmer Brad Vold was one of the five farm and rural leaders testifying before the Ways and Means Committee. Vold said it is important for the government to negotiate new trade agreements in key markets including Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam. “However, new agreements aren’t enough. They need to work for farmers and unfortunately, free trade agreements, such as the USMCA, have missed the mark in terms of providing the security that dairy producers, like my family, need to stay in business.” Vold emphasized the importance of enforcing the current trade agreements. “Canada has continued to fall short of their commitments to the United States failing to uphold its USMCA dairy tariff quota obligations by providing preferential treatment to their domestic producers.”
