USMCA ratification would benefit Kansas farmers, families, and factory workers

As an American-born company with offices right here in Kansas, AGCO Corporation understands how much trade matters to the prosperity of Kansans and to Americans across the country.

For example, more than 12 million American working families are able to put food on the table thanks to the United States’ ability to trade with Canada and Mexico alone. Farmers especially know just how important trade with our northern and southern neighbors is. Canada and Mexico account for nearly one-third of U.S. agricultural exports every year.

It’s why we need a strong trade agreement here in North America. And we need a version of the agreement that works for a 21st century global economy. That’s exactly what the USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, does. However, politics in Washington, D.C., is getting in the way of its ratification.

(Read more: Joco 913 News)