how trade is playing in Iowa

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Statement of Purpose
Unique in our concept and implementation, our purpose is to distribute
accurate information that advances our views and challenges our opponents.
By educating the public, informing people in positions of influence, and
promoting our ideas, we will succeed in making international trade freer
and preparing the world for exciting developments in biotechnology.

We are committed to promoting free trade and agricultural biotechnology
through farmer-led educational initiatives that target public officials,
opinion leaders, and the agricultural community. We are effective because
we recruit credible voices to speak on behalf of farmers who have
firsthand knowledge of how much expanded trade and innovations in
biotechnology mean to rural America.

We believe that free trade is good for farmers because it helps them sell
what they grow to people all around the world. Free trade keeps food
prices low for consumers, makes a wide variety of products available
everywhere, and increases economic prosperity. It also spreads freedom and
democracy to countries that have not experienced enough of either.

Biotechnology is no less beneficial. It helps farmers increase their
productivity by boosting crop yield and providing protection from pests,
viruses, and poor weather. Genetically modified goods specifically provide
hope that farmers in the United States and abroad will be able to feed a
growing world.

In the 21st century, trade and technology are inextricably linked. Quotas
and tariffs used to be the most important barriers to open trade--and
today they remain significant, especially for farm products. Yet concerns
about technology, both feigned and authentic, are increasingly used to
justify protectionism. These fears are not based upon scientific fact, but
upon a mixture of unfortunate misunderstandings owing to ignorance and
deceptive propaganda spread by entrenched special interests.