BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Throughout history, trade has been a fabric of American agriculture. While farming in the U.S. certainly has its challenges, our farmers enjoy inherent advantages when compared to the rest of the world.

“You have the most fertile and productive farmland in the world, with an inland waterway system that ties all of that land right down to the Gulf of Mexico. We have rail systems and an interstate highway system. We can take grain to either coast to the port, to our trading partners, north and south. We’re just built for trade,” Mark Welch with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension said.

“Combine that then with an agricultural system that’s proven to be very reliable and resilient in terms of our production practices. Our ability to produce even when we have some challenging e

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