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The Trump administration announced that the United States has agreed to a trade deal with Japan. In response to the announcement, Illinois farmer and National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Kenneth Hartman Jr. made the following statement:
“We appreciate the work that the administration has dedicated to brokering a deal with Japan, worth $2.7 billion, and we welcome today’s announcement. Japan is the second-largest market for U.S. corn exports, and we support any effort to expand the purchase of corn and corn products, like ethanol. U.S. corn growers produce an abundant crop year in and year out, and NCGA has long advocated for increased access to foreign markets, which will support American farmers and rural economies.”