U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, unveiled his
Dairy Action Plan in his La Crosse office.
The plan, which he’ll introduce to the 116th
Congress, includes components that will combat
farm consolidation, boost conservation and
agriculture innovation and support beginning
farmers and ranchers, among other measures.
Kind said he is working on almost a daily
basis with President Donald Trump’s trade
team to try to end the trade war and reopen
international markets.
In the early hours of June 8, President Trump
sent out a tweet that read, “MEXICO HAS
AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE
QUANTITIES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FROM
OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!”
But Kind and his colleagues on Capitol Hill have
been left in the dark regarding what the new
deal with Mexico will entail.
“We have gotten zero information about any
details of this secret deal with Mexico, other than
the president not moving forward on another
threatened round of tariffs,” Kind said. “I think it’s
important that we do get back to a level of trust
and reconciliation because Mexico and Canada,
they’re two of our largest trade partners.”
The lack of information regarding the deal
mentioned by President Trump on Twitter
prompted Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, to
pen an open letter to the president demanding
details of this deal to be released to the public.
In her letter Baldwin wrote, ”(Wisconsin farmers)
need the full details of the agreement in order to
inform the many decisions they must make that
affect their livelihood and business.”