Phase One Trade Deal Shows Promise For Ag, 'Good News" For Cotton
By Shelley E. Huguley
Delta Farm Press
Amid a tough farming economy, Phase 1 of the U.S./China trade deal was a hopeful topic two guest speakers discussed at the 2020 Red River Crops Conference in Altus, Okla.
National Cotton Council's Director of Economics and Policy Analysis Jody Campiche addressed the crowd on Day 1 about the trade deal's effect on cotton. Day 2, Bart Fischer, co-director & research assistant professor, Agricultural & Food Policy Center (AFPC), Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, provided some history behind the trade issues.