An Arkansas rice farmer says implementation of the

US-Mexico-Canada Agreement provides certainty for the nation’s rice producers.

Dow Brantley farms east of Little Rock, Arkansas.  “We have open and free trade with both Mexico and Canada,” he says.  “Because of the trade agreement and NAFTA many years ago, Mexico is now our number one market, and Canada, I believe, is a top 5 export market.”

He tells Brownfield the original NAFTA agreement was very

good for the US rice market and the new agreement provides continued opportunity.  “The growth potential?

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