AMES, IOWA, Oct. 20, 2021 – Mexican Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Fashion Victor Villalobos and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following verbalize on the conclusion of their bilateral meeting in Ames, Iowa.
“We reaffirm the importance of our two international locations’ distinctive agricultural trading relationship and its characteristic in supporting rural prosperity, creating correct jobs and offering nutritious, safe and life like food to patrons in both international locations. Because of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement and our exhausting-working farmers and ranchers, our international locations trip the arena’s largest two-manner trade in food and agricultural goods.
“The built-in nature of our two agricultural sectors serves as a riding pressure for this enduring trading partnership, linking farmers, ranchers and patrons on each side of the border. Our discussions in Iowa highlighted the importance of constant to work collectively to advance rural prosperity and to meet our shared responsibility to present protection to our agricultural systems and producers. This comprises collaborative efforts to prevent the spread of African swine fever and varied animal and plant diseases and pests.
“From excessive drought to extra improper fires, our farmers, ranchers and producers are on the front lines going by technique of the an increasing number of pressing challenges of native weather trade. Agriculture faces the daunting task of manufacturing extra food to meet the dietary wants of a rising world population whereas on the the same time coping with native weather trade and ever-tightening natural handy resource constraints. We are confident that our agricultural sectors will seemingly be a key allotment of the answer, with a specialize in a extra inclusive rural pattern and continuing to delight in correct incomes to rural workers and abundant supplies of excessive-quality agricultural products to patrons worldwide.
“We fragment a dedication to retaining our markets birth and transparent so that trade can proceed to develop. That mutual dedication became as soon as reaffirmed in our discussions at present. We remain proud of our shared successes and equally steadfast in meeting common challenges collectively.”
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